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I Creating Connections Eric McGregory Global Campus, Southern New Hampshire University SOC-112 Introduction to Sociology Prof. Jeanne Jones October 01, 2023

II As mentioned in the PowerPoint presentation, the cultural beliefs and biases of racial discrimination include the act of verbally of physically showing displeasure towards another person or group. These beliefs and biases have become a negative portion of our everyday life and something we see in the news or social media, for example the well-known movement known as Black Lives Matter and including social groups such as the LGBQT and Asian community. Individuals belonging to groups or communities such as these have all been victimized, harassed, and treated unfairly for decades. “Discrimination is the unjust treatment of people based on the groups or classes they belong to. Often, discrimination stems from biases or ignorance: when we fear or misunderstand someone who is different from us, we treat them differently” (Jed, N.D.). Being a minority myself, I have not just seen discrimination but also experienced discrimination on a personal level. These experiences and knowing the cultural beliefs of not just my ethnic background but those who I encounter will differ on a day-to-day basis. This has allowed me to understand the struggles and challenges that I and others have faced and will face throughout our lives. When it comes to the social roles embedded into racial discrimination, we must remember that they come in different forms. One of those and as mentioned affects minorities when it comes to wealth resulting in systemic racism. “Systemic racism is a global problem. It is real, and there is a robust moral argument for addressing it. However, one factor that is often ignored in this critical conversation is the broader economic dimension. Because it prevents people from making the most of their economic potential, systemic racism carries significant economic costs. A less racist society can be an economically stronger one” (Losavio, 2020). This specific form of racial discrimination has not just manifested but maintained the racial gaps in a multitude of economic disparities and differences. This includes the measurement of wealth

III within a household that has taken shape from centuries of white privileged stereotypes and the unjust treatment towards those of color which have been considered, assumed, and expected to not be as financially stable causing them to be passed over, rejected, or ignored when pursuing the betterment of their lives. Social inequality and racial discrimination are an unfortunate tradition in American history. We have seen inequality take many forms not just towards the white and black people, but Americans and Asians, male and female. Unfortunately, you can’t have one without the other and to abolish one would mean the eradication of both, a fight and struggle that has been around for decades. “Social inequality is characterized by the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society” (Crossman, 2018). Throughout my life I have witnessed and experienced such disparities of social and racial inequality, even in publications both on a professional and educational level. I have also witnessed these same publications being altered and modified to rewrite, change, and educate our future from what our past has been. Since the signing of the ICERD, America has been on the verge of changing our history, "States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, color or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law". (Otieno, N.D.). Change, however, is much harder than most may predict and expect; we must educate ourselves in the privileges that we possess and using those to educate others. The best way to succeed in this matter is to not just share experiences, but we as minorities and those in support must work harder to get people to listen so they can understand the racial injustices that plague this country and our world.

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IV Resources Crossman, A. 2018. The Sociology of Social Inequality. Thought Co. https://soc37.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/17873/files/2021/07/Wk-1-Social- Inequality.pdf JED. N.D. Understanding Discrimination and Bias. The Jed Foundation. https://jedfoundation.org/resource/understanding-discrimination-and-bias/ Losavio, J. 2020. What Racism Costs Us All. Finance and Development. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2020/09/the-economic-cost-of-racism-losavio Otieno, A. N.D. Eliminating Racial Discrimination: The Challenges of Prevention and Enforcement of Prohibition. United Nations. https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/eliminating- racial-discrimination-challenges-prevention-and-enforcement-prohibition

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