SOC336H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Human Capital, Health Canada, Employment Discrimination
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Definition: act which negatively affects employment situation of a specific racial group because of membership in that group, and not because of qualifications or capacity to contribute to productivity. Hard to identify, instances covert , human rights cases less successful than for gender discrimination. Evidence of institutional and systemic discrimination often ambiguous. Perception of discrimination: ethnic diversity survey findings. Perceptions of discrimination and vulnerability most widespread among racial minorities. Group differences among racial minorities, ranging from 29% for latin. Majority group also identifies racial minorities as most likely to be victims of discrimination (but rates seriousness lower: ethnic status in canada: anglo/french/north european/east european/south. Human rights investigations of complaints: health canada: shiv chopra, health canada microbiologist, pres. , ncarr, chrc complaint, 1992 (cid:858)glass ceiling" case; o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:1005) of (cid:1005)(cid:1005)(cid:1012) se(cid:374)ior (cid:373)a(cid:374)agers (cid:449)ere (cid:858)(cid:448)isi(cid:271)le (cid:373)i(cid:374)orities(cid:859, e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e for (cid:858)s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)i(cid:272) dis(cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374)(cid:859): Statistics: under-represe(cid:374)tatio(cid:374) relati(cid:448)e to (cid:858)a(cid:448)aila(cid:271)ilit(cid:455)(cid:859) i(cid:374) (cid:858)feeder groups(cid:859) (actually mostly asians)
