Racial Discrimination in America

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to give them rides, they become fearful when a black or Latino are in elevators, they stand away from them." (Issues in Racism, 5). In present days and times, it still goes on especially in our jobs, it has existed in our workplaces after the Civil War, when the United States abolished slavery. A paragraph from one of my sources states about four different types of discrimination in the workplace which are direct, indirect, harassment, and victimization. "Direct discrimination happens when an employer treats an employee less favorably than someone else because of one or many reasons. Next, there is indirect discrimination which is when a working condition or rule disadvantages one group of people more than another. Third, harassment means offensive or intimidating behavior - sexist language or racial abuse, which aims to himuliate, undermine or injure it's target or has that effect. Lastly, there is victimization meaning treating somebody less favorably than others because they ...

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