Public
Information Piece
Create an
informative public information piece that presents research on institutional
discrimination within a specific social institution.
Often,
discrimination is discussed as a primarily individual phenomenon—one-on-one
actions in which one person discriminates against another. But as you have
learned through your studies and research, some discrimination occurs at the
institutional level, despite laws and policies that have been created to reduce
or eliminate structural racism.
It is
important to consider how different experiences for minority groups may reflect
a dominant culture that practices systemic discrimination in terms of treatment
or access to valued resources. In other words, if there are many individuals in
a society who are not racist or discriminatory, can the same also be said of
the institutions in U.S. society as a whole? Often, institutional
discrimination involves the intersection of race or ethnicity with other
variables, like social class and gender. For example, patterns of residential
segregation may be connected to both race and ethnicity, as well as
socioeconomic status.
For
this assessment, you will explore both the causes and consequences of
institutionalized discrimination, from the perspective of the individuals it
directly affects, the institution you have chosen, and society as a whole.
To
complete this assessment, presume that you work for a think tank that conducts
and publishes social and economic research to inform economic decisions and
local, state, and federal policy making. Your manager asks you and the other
members of your team to create a public information piece based on research and
analysis of the prevalence and persistence of discrimination in a particular social
institution.
Deliverable
First, choose one of the following major institutions for this
assessment: criminal justice system, health care system, educational system,
housing market, or the U.S. workplace. Then complete the following:
Research institutional discrimination in your chosen institution,
locating reliable, scholarly sources. Examples are provided in the Resources
for this assessment.
Choose one of the following public information pieces in the list
below. It is your job to create a public information piece that highlights your
findings regarding inequities (based on race, ethnicity, religion, age,
disability status, or sexual orientation) within your chosen institution. You
will need to support your conclusions with credible data and scholarly
research, rather than relying on opinion, and demonstrate your ability to apply
sociological thinking to your topic.
You will create a PowerPoint presentation targeted to a specific
audience, with a description of the audience and detailed speaker’s notes (in
PowerPoint, use the Notes area below each slide to provide speaker’s notes and
explain the information on your slides in more detail).
Create a final, professional-quality product in which you accomplish
the following:
Create a public information piece that effectively conveys the
causes and consequences of the problem of institutional discrimination in one
of society’s major institutions, with support from data and scholarly sources.
Describe factors contributing to racial, ethnic, or other forms of
inequality within a specific institution.
Analyze data on the factors contributing to inequality in a specific
institution.
Keep in mind that, to be accurate in your assessment, you will need
to look at raw data and percentages as well as to consider the data in relation
to each racial or ethnic group’s percentage within the overall U.S. population.
Explain ways in which public policies are linked to inequalities
within a specific institution.
Consider any historical or contemporary influences that may have
contributed the disparities you have identified. Example: If you are studying
institutional discrimination in the justice system, you would need to consider
national policies such as the War on Drugs, as well as law enforcement policies.
Assess the impact on minorities and minority communities caused by
institutional discrimination within a specific institution.
Describe specific, measurable policy strategies for reducing
institutional discrimination.
These can be community based, legislative (at the local, state, or
federal level), or law enforcement strategies.
These strategies should focus on institutional policies, not
individual solutions.
Your
assessment should also meet the following requirements:
Additional Requirements
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written
communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
Length: A minimum of 15
slides.
Speaker’s notes: The Notes area
below each slide should include further detailed commentary that explains
and/or expands upon the slide content.
Format: Include a title and
reference slide. Cite any sources used in current APA style and format along
with in-text citations of your sources for your notes.
Sources: Cite at least four
credible scholarly sources to support your presentation.
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