Pros And Cons Of Multiracial Discrimination

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When discussing a sensitive subject like discrimination people may ignore the facts to avoid confortation and facts. People have kept quiet or talked amongst his or herself when it comes to this week’s assignment called, “Multiracial Discrimination”... Presented in this week’s assignment, I will provide feedback discuss definitions about discrimination, biracial and multiracial.
Discrimination is the act of treating people different based on the fact that they belong to some group instead of judging them on their own merits (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2018). From the point of view society has pin pointed towards discrimination in society is discussed prior to race, age, ad sex. There has been major rallies about the LGBTQ community and the outcome …show more content…

From the article 'What are you?” states Multiracial populations have grown considerably within and outside the United States decades.” In many school setting younger children find it hard to understand which race he or she is so that leads to teasing. Being educated towards the information about the mixed races of the child will help pass it on and educate not only the child but his or her peers.. There are some people who are not aware of how fascinating to learn about a different culture. According to Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2018 states, “Lum (2004) maintains that “every population has color, language, and behavioral characteristics that distinguish it as a unique group in multiracial society. Biracial contains two racial groups. Biracial/ multiracial impacts our society because it is impacting daily. According to Young, Sanchez & Wilton (2017) states, “By the year 2050, Census-based projections suggest that 1 in 5 people will identify as mixed-race in the United States (Farley, 2004), with the largest segment of the multiracial population identifying as a combination of White and minority racial backgrounds (Humes et al., …show more content…

One such example is institutional racism, the existence of racism in social systems and institutes (National Association of Social Workers, 2007). The NASW calls social workers to “strive to end discrimination, oppression, poverty, and other forms of social injustice” (National Association of Social Workers (NASW), n.d.). As such we must look for racism and on the institutional level we should look for income differentials, monocultural school curricula, exclusions from unions, organizations, social clubs, etc. and strive to end the different types of racism in those institutes. Using these examples, we can begin to imagine the impact racism and privilege can have on social work practice. With differing income levels, we can expect to see those without the privilege of a higher income to need more assistance and higher levels of stress in their lives. Discrimination and biracial/multiracial relates to social worker practices in many ways. Discrimination and biracial/multiracial helps social workers relates with individuals, families, groups, and communities by learning background information about a person. Learning a person race will inform the social worker ways to approach without disrespect. We have established that it is a social worker’s responsibility to recognize the importance of difference, including that of color, race, and culture, when working with diverse populations.

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