CHAPTER 8:

RACE ISSUES IN
WORKPLACE
DIVERSITY
Presented by :
Domingo, Marc Laurence M.
Feliciano, Jerico
 At the end of this chapter, the student shall be able to:

• Know the effect of racism in workplace

• Know the racial problems and barriers affecting countries
earlier in the last century
• Know why racial prejudices should be overcome to better
espouse diversity at the workplace
• Know how to overcome racial discrimination at work
“MEN ARE ALL EQUAL”BY
THOMAS JEFFERSON
 RACE
a visible aspect of diversity and the first one
upon which people can discriminate easily.
 RACISM
- DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE
AGAINST PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR
RACE OR ETHNICITY
 Racial discrimination

common and may be sometimes voiced as "crime of ordinary

racism" if this is directly translated from the French term "crime
de racisme ordinaire." Such a thing is common everywhere with
terms used as "black" and a related number of similar
terminologies used sometimes openly or discretely.
Anti-Semitism ( discrimination against
Jews as a religious or racial group

Minorities in countries (Iraq and Syria)

 Yet, race adds to the diversity of the workers. Employing
people of different races shows that the company is an equal
opportunities employer and this adds to its credibility. By
opening up doors to different races, companies can claim to
be multicultural.

Racial prejudices are strong however. They mighty

crop up when minorities do not feel "included"
within the firm.
A brief account of Apartheid in
South Africa
Apartheid is an Afikans word meaning separateness.

Apartheid is viewed as an official form of racial

segregation formerly pracficed in the RSA involving
legal and economic discrimination against non-
Whites.
Coming to the United States, racism is considered as
an ongoing matter in Daily life.

Formany, the racism just sagged, like a heavy load. It

destroyed hope that hard work would he rewardel.

Driver (2014) stresses that racism is so ingrained in

the American experience that no one who has grown
up here is free of it white, black, or anyone else.
Brooks Thistlethwaite (2015) argues that racism is a
delivery system for unjust political and economic
power.

Racism as a system of prejudice backed up with power

is how white Americans have accrued economic
privilege, and sustained that privilege through
divisive politics.
Racial discrimination in Europe:
Who are the most affected?

Classes of employees who are more vulnerable to

racial discrimination by (Pfohman etal)
Roma and Travellers

Roma and Travellers are identified the most

consistently across the national Shadow Report as
victims of labour market discrimination on the
ground of ethnicity,
Muslims

Among those experiencing discrimination on the

ground of religion or beliefs, Muslims people (and
especially Muslims women ) tend to experience the
most severe labour market discrimination.
People of African descent/Black
Europeans

According to the Shadow Reports of the UK, Ireland

and Bulgaria, Black people experience more
discrimination hased on their skin colour.