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Discrimination is a big issue in the whole world and has a different way of being discriminated unfortunately. Anything type of discrimination is incorrect, but one that really got me is obesity and individual always being discriminate because of the weigh at school, in jobs and airplanes. I think we as a human services worker should make more effort to reduce discrimination due obesity. According to (Rebecca Puhl and Dr. Kelly D. Brownell, 2012) they noted that It is important to address the impact of negative professional attitudes on clinical judgment, diagnosis, and care for obese individuals. Several studies have indicated that obesity may influence judgments and practices of professionals. As human we all deserve to be
Healthcare systems are microcosms of the larger society in which they exist. Where there is structural violence or cultural violence in the larger society, so will there be evidence of systematic inequities in the institutions of these societies. The healthcare system in Australia is one example—from a plethora of similarly situated healthcare systems—in which the color of a patient’s skin or the race of his parents may determine the quality of medical received. Life expectancy and infant mortality rates are vastly different for non-Aboriginal, Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islanders residing in Australia. The life expectancy of Aboriginal men is 21 years shorter than for non-Aboriginal men in Australia. For women, the difference is 19 years. The infant mortality rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander male infants is 6.8% and the infant mortality rate for female infants is 6.7%. For non-Aboriginal infants, the infant mortality rates are 1% for male infants and 0.8% for female infants. Further, the Aboriginal population is subject to a wide-range of diseases that do not exhibit comparatively high incidence rates in non-Aboriginal Australians.
Prejudice is a poison because it is insidious. Individuals hold beliefs or biases, often simply because that belief was handed down to them, not because of any concrete rationale. Conversations serve to prune beliefs, by placing them under the scrutiny of cross examination; something about presenting ideas to another person spawns more careful thought than presenting the same ideas internally. In this instance the prejudice accosted is that against the obese. Mistreatment of the obese is typically rooted in a very shallow, appearance based prejudice, which when confronted, is not logically sustainable.
This story is to help you realize that it is an actual real world problem and you can help us with this issue. The story is about a surgeon who got a MacArthur award and many people were disgusted just because she was a full-bodied woman. One hateful comment was by Neil Cavuto, “Obesity is the No. 1 issue facing our country in terms of health and wellness, and she has shown no that she was born this way, not that she woke up one day and was obese. She has shown through being lazy, and making poor food choices, that she’s obese”, this lady is getting her education to become a great surgeon so much that she got a MacArthur award so many people thought she had a grand amount of potential and save many lives one day. Rude comments like these can actually hurt people who are obese so much that they will not want to go to the doctor because they do not want to hear the criticism from the doctor along with what everyone else in the world is saying. The words stick with you and that could lead small health problems that could be fixed instantly to larger ones that are not as easily fixable. These larger health factors are what is bringing up insurance and the reason the government spends billions of dollars every year. Type two diabetes is very treatable, but also
I found that in all of these reasons, Smith only says that they (the oppositional side) are discriminating against "fat" people, but she refrains from going deeper to present why they do it. Sadly, there are some people do discriminate against the “people of size.” Although just because something is done, like a policy revision or disqualification to a job, due to a person’s weight, one should look deeper into the reason why it is done. Do not always misinterpret this as discrimination, because it could possibly be done to benefit that person in the end. Maybe even ensure his or her safety in a time of crisis.
...re does this leave us to deal with the problem? First, be aware of the fact that discrimination exists and attempt to deal with it when it comes up. Don't buy into the beauty myth that is so pervasive in this society and don't patronize organizations which continue to perpetuate this (Calvin Klein, the new ASUW safe sex posters and so on.). Demand clothing stores to stock more fat-sized clothes and criticize them for price increases for fat people.
Interest in the social aspects of obesity is nothing new. Jeffrey Sobal has written extensively about the social and psychological consequences of obesity , including the stigmatisation and discrimination of obese and even overweight individuals (Sobal 2004).
Discriminating against a person because of one's weight can be a seriously hurtful and demeaning thing. Many people assume that the causes for being overweight are eating all day and rarely exercising. Some people call overweight people slobs or lazy, when in most instances this isn't the case. Some have health problems that lead to being overweight, like a kidney disease or malfunction, or the person may even be suffering from a birth defect.
Discrimination, in one form or another, goes on everyday in the world around us. Discrimination affects all of us whether we are aware of it or not. Discrimination is defined as “unjustified differential treatment, especially on the basis of characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or religion” (MacKinnon). According to Eugene Lee of California Labor and Employment Law “racial discrimination and racial harassment” are the most popular complaint when it come to discrimination in the United States.
Through ages, people used to detach themselves from the meaning of common dignity. They have been looking for ways to make themselves look important. They have created classes and used to look down to people who differ from them. People usually involve the idea that one’s own race is more pre-eminent therefore, he has the right to control others. If we take the United States of America as an example, we will find that many Negros has suffered from discrimination. They were deprived from their civil, social, political and educational rights. There were many cases in which African Americans have been discriminated from white people but Martin Luther king tried to stop this racism. Discrimination and racism were not only restricted to African Americans in the US but also it has extended to Egypt and many other countries all over the world. In Egypt, there is a lot of dominations that suffer from discrimination like Nubians for example. Although they are Egyptians, but Nubians are not treated in the same way as other Egyptian up till now.
Discriminating against morbidly obesity is illegal according to the Rehabilitation Act of 193 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
The article titled Distaste or Disability? Evaluating the Legal Framework for Protecting Obese Workers by Jennifer Bennett Shinall takes a look at obese people in the work place and whether they are discriminated in the workplace due to distaste or actual physical disability. The article also examines the situation from a gender discrimination point of view, and whether or not gender plays a factor in employers discriminating against obese workers.
Prejudice refers to one’s biased opinions and ideas of others, based on secondary information. Hence, the internalized ideas concerning the prejudiced members in society does not result from personal experiences, but information from third parties. Where prejudice is prevalent, the social relationships between the concerned individuals become strained and unmanageable. The existence of equality in society discourages the frequency of prejudice on racial grounds. The content of this discussion explores the concept of prejudice, as it relates to racial inequality and discrimination. The discussion features the Emmanuel AME Church shooting scenario, which characterizes racial discrimination and inequality. The discussion further examines the role
Discrimination is known to exist in all workplaces, sometimes it is too subtle to notice, and other times it is exceedingly obvious. It is known that everyone subconsciously discriminates, dependant on their own beliefs and environments that surround them. However, discrimination can be either positive or negative in their results, and sometimes discrimination is a necessary part of life.
We all know that in society it is wrong to discriminate against people. There are protections against this common practice for age, gender, sexual orientation, race, disability, and religion. However, there are no rules or standards in place for the size of certain people, small or large. Weight discrimination is often referred to as the only form of acceptable discrimination left. Now, why is that? Weight bias is something that has been around for a long time and has long flown under the radar. With more than 2/3 of the population in the United States being considered overweight or obese, it is important for this topic to be addressed
Historically, legislation aimed at physical appearance is not a revolutionary concept. Many jurisdictions had laws in the past that barred “ugly” or “unsightly” people from appearing in public places. Such laws today would cause an outcry among civil rights activists. Yet, legislation aimed at protecting “ugly” people from discrimination does not exist on a national level with other employment discrimination legislation. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act affords protection against discrimination based on many aspects, including race, disability, sex, and age. However, before a new kind of characteristic can become protected under federal civil rights law, it must be associated in some form with an already protected characteristic under anti-discrimination law. For example, someone who is grossly obese and believes they have suffered employment discrimination as a result will have a good chance of winning a lawsuit based on discrimination if the obesity is due to some kind of disability or medical condition. However, if the obesity is not related to some already protected characteristics, chances are the courts would not view it as discriminati...