QST LA 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Disparate Impact, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Civil Rights Act Of 1964

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20 Mar 2022

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QST LA 245

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5th amendment prohibits the federal government from depriving individuals of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. 14th amendment prohibits state governments from violating an individual"s right to due process and equal protection. Courts have interpreted these provisions to prohibit employment discrimination by federal, state, and local governments. Civil rights of 1866 was meant to provide freed slaves with same rights as white citizens. Has been interpreted to prohibit racial discrimination in both private and public employment (except it doesn"t apply to the federal government) Under the equal pay act, a worker may not be paid at a lesser rate than employees of the opposite sex for equal work. Equal work means tasks that require equal skill, effort, and responsibility under similar working conditions. It is illegal for employers with 15 or more employees to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin under title vii of the civil rights act of 1964.

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My response: I agree that being a part of the white society is like the concept of invisible privilege that has a familiar simile in that it is analogous to an invisible weightless knapsack. This metaphor emphasizes that white privilege, even though it may not be immediately obvious, has considerable advantages and opportunities that may include a lot of benefits and freedom to life. White people benefit from the structures and institutions in which they live. In the same culture, they were trained to be oblivious to their benefits. The undeserved advantages that were created by white people made people of color feel as if they were being oppressed. It is a norm and dominating racial power to be white in this society. For instance, if a white person comes into a new neighborhood, they are fairly certain that the bulk of their neighbors are the same color as them. A person has no idea of the advantages they have until they put themselves in the shoes of other people of color. Peggy McIntosh said that white advantages don't originate from a fault in a single human or from a single individual using them. It is via an inherent fault in the system that white privilege is created. If we wish to effect systemic change, it must occur inside the system. Systems have a major impact on individual behavior in the social world. We may all do our part to hasten the end. McIntosh maintains that white people may see racism in a different way when something gives them an advantage over others, not because it benefits white people. Systemic oppressions have interactive and internalized characteristics. Teaching racism as an act rather than an overall system that advantages the dominant group makes it difficult for white people to see themselves as racists. Embedded systems can't be eliminated, the recognition of them is important. Change won't come from just being dissatisfied with the system. McIntosh's example offers many benefits for comprehending white privilege. There are many advantages to understanding white privilege as the McIntosh example demonstrates. While it is true that 'whiteness' is simply about skin color, the various definitions of race reveal that it is really much more than that. The fact that McIntosh refers to white advantage rather than non-white disadvantage when framing the discussion of race reinforces the overall idea that race should be seen in terms of advantage rather than disadvantage.

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1. Introduction

-State thesis and summarize argument

-Define any key terms

2. Main Body

-Argument 1, Argument 2, Argument 3

3. Objection

-Response to objection

4. Conclusion

-Restate thesis/summarize your main arguments

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