Prejudice is a feeling of dislike towards a person or a group of people based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and anything else that might set a person or group of people out as being different. Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to people and groups of people because of prejudice. Stereotypes are a generalization of a group of people, usually an inaccurate generalization. (Schaefer, 2013) Prejudice and stereotyping are not actions. Discrimination is different because it is an action against a person or a group of people.
Concepts of diversity and anti-discriminatory practices Within this short essay I will be explaining the concepts of equality, diversity and rights in relation to health and social care. I will also provide an example of how discrimination can come around within a health and social care setting (Care home, Hospital, Residential care home).How discrimination can effect citizens and other people that are using the health and social care services, then to further this into more detail I will give three examples and assess the effects they give to the public. Equality is all about creating a fairer society and environment, in which everyone can participate and has the opportunity to fulfil their given potential. By getting rid of all prejudice and discrimination, the NHS and other medical services can deliver services that are personal to each patient, making a fairer and diverse society that everyone can be happier and healthier within. For the NHS alone, this means making it more accountable to the patients its services and tackling discrimination in the work place.
Discrimination is defined as “the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons” (Schaefer, 2012, p. 61). Discrimination is throghout the United States. It results itself by prejudice and stereotypes by individuals (Schaefer, 2012). Prejudice is the attitude an individual has towards a group or groups of people and stereotyping is unreliable generalizations of a group of people (Schaefer, 2012). Prejudices and stereotyping are the ideas and thoughts people have about other groups of personss without regard to individual differences.
Social Biases Paper Social bias is the conscious or unconscious expression of prejudicial attitudes toward particular groups, races, religions, or sexes. Individuals tend to use social biases as shortcuts to make sense of the world. In this paper the subject to analyze is the concept of social bias including the definition of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. This paper will provide an explanation of the differences between subtle and blatant biases and a description of the impact of bias on the lives of individuals. Finally, the paper will evaluate two strategies to overcome social biases.
Ethnocentrism is the belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethic group or culture. One of the biggest problems ethnocentrism can cause to society is wars between the different cultures. It can also keep people with different cultures and beliefs from working around or getting alone with one another. 3. Define emigration and immigration.
Diversity consists of both visible and non visible characteristics such as things like their backgrounds, culture, where and how they work as well as things such as race, disability, sexuality, gender, religion and beliefs. By recognising people’s differences and valuing them means we can make everybody feel valued and treated equally. Equality means that we treat people in a way that makes them equal and in a way that is appropriate for their individual needs. Peoples individual needs have to be met for example a disabled woman would need wheelchair access for going up and down buildings for work, and a woke setting with no stairs lifts of lifts would not be meeting their needs and this would be classed as discrimination. Inclusion is when we allow people equal rights and access to a certain service no matter what their gender, disability, beliefs, religion and sexuality.
1.2 Deliberate discrimination may happen when people are being treated differently because of their religion, race or having a disability. Discrimination that may inadvertently occur when a policy that may apply to everyone equally restricts a certain society of peoples for example paper work that is only in one language or does not have the option to be in braille and/or audio for the visually impaired or learning difficulties. 1.3 By treating everyone with respect equal and dignity this should help discrimination be reduced. 2.1 Human Rights Act 1998 Equality Act 2010 2.2 Regardless of what you beliefs, preferences, culture and values are certain people may require your support them in their beliefs etc. it is everybody’s right to practice what they believe in.
“Prejudice involves a negative attitude toward individuals based on their membership in a particular group.“ (Feenstra, 2011) To form prejudices, an individual must first determine their ingroup or a group they are part of. “Ingroups might include gender, race, or city or state of residence, as well as groups you might intentionally join.” (Feenstra, 2011) Once an individual has determined their ingroup they must then determine who is not in their group or in a different group. When someone is identified as not being in a group they are said to be in the outgroup. We often know little about the lives of those in outgroups. This ignorance allows for stereotypes and discrimination.
Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons while prejudice and stereotyping is the act of judging or categorizing a person or group of people without actually getting to know them personally. There are several different types of discrimination including relative discrimination, absolute discrimination, and total discrimination. Discrimination is the result many times of prejudice and stereotyping and is detrimental to society. Everyone has certain prejudices but acting upon them is discrimination. Prejudice and stereotyping involves all components of the attitude which are cognitive, affective and behavioral.
There also negative attitudes that the society portrays that contribute to the stigmatization. This makes people to feel different from others, rejected, and excluded from the society. However, as part of the society victims should be embraced and supported all through the recovery time to avoid that feel of shame and embarrassment. Stigma is defined as a mark of social humiliation where people are labelled by their condition and separated from others, which can form a negative stereotype and prejudice for the person with depression disorder (WHO, 2011). Goffman (1968), did some research on stigma which he referred to as ‘spoiled identity’ and he developed some ideas about identities and how they are presented in social roles.