Manifestations of Racism
Racism can be manifested in many forms, including poverty, housing problems, underemployment, unemployment, wage differences, lowered educational opportunities, high crime rates, sentencing within the criminal justice settings, welfare dependency and more. Your textbook reviews many of the different ways racism is present not just at the individual level, but across organizations and systems.
Via the discussion board below, discuss how you see these examples in your own lives or with the people you care about. How are they perpetuated? How are they challenged and changed?
Advocacy Websites
The following websites/organizations frequently address discrimination. Take some time to look through them, especially links directed at particular populations.
Southern Poverty Law Center（https://www.splcenter.org/）
The American Civil Liberties Union（https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/LGBTQ-rights/）
U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission（https://www.eeoc.gov/age-discrimination）
AFL-CIO America's Unions Gender Equality（https://aflcio.org/issues/gender-equality） answer the following questions:
Did you find any information that surprised you?
Were there populations that you never thought about needing protection from discrimination?