Social Discrimination in the US

Question: Discuss about the Report for Social Discrimination in the US. Answer: At work, have you found yourself having biases with one of your patients? Is this a form of discrimination? The nursing professionals ethically bound not to show any biasness or discriminatory behaviours to any of their patients. However, we often feel some affinity towards the patients who come from the same social or ethical backgrounds like us. I personally felt extra empathy to the patients with whom I share some socio-ethnic identification. I never show any discriminatory attitude to other patients, but try to take some extra car to them whom I find more like me. In your opinion, is there social discrimination in the U.S. society today? If so, discuss the areas where discrimination occurs and describe their impact on individuals and families. Even after 48 years of civil rights movement, US is still facing discrimination based on ethnic groups or class. Discrimination against the gender orientation and the Black citizens can be identified as a major contemporary societal issue. Manly the gay black men are often the victims of discrimination. It is leading the individuals and the families to sheer poverty, depression, clinical diseases and physical harms. Are you aware of federal and local government legislations enacted to prevent discrimination? Give 5 of these laws and where they apply. The US has several laws to prevent discrimination. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, makes it unlawful to discriminate against an individual based on color, ethnicity, religion, race, or sex. On the other hand, The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) forbids discrimination against the individuals based on his/her genetic information (Heckman Verkerke, 2015). The Homeless Bill of Rights guards the civil and human rights of destitute people in the US. The The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) prohibits the payment different wags to the employees depending on the sexual identity. Last but not the last, Age Discrimination Act of 1975 prevents discrimination based on age of an individual (Edelman, Smyth Rahim, 2016). In your own words, discuss the ways in which you as a nurse can help prevent discrimination As a nurse, I need to stick to the professional ethical guidelines. Moreover, as a health professional I can influence the government to strict the laws against discrimination. As a nurse it is my duty to make the community aware of the negative effects of it upon the society. Thus, I can play my part for fighting discrimination. References: Edelman, L. B., Smyth, A. C., Rahim, A. (2016). Legal Discrimination: Empirical Sociolegal and Critical Race Perspectives on Antidiscrimination Law.Annual Review of Law and Social Science,12(1). Heckman, J. J., Verkerke, J. H. (2015). Racial Disparity and Employment Discrimination Law: An Economic Perspective.Yale Law Policy Review,8(2), 6.