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Position paper on: Racial and Gender Discrimination in the WorkforceAccording to [ CITATION Aus14 \l 13321 ] “Racial discrimination is when a person is treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of their race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin or immigrant st...

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Position paper on: Racial and Gender Discrimination in the Workforce According to [ CITATION Aus14 \l 13321 ] “Racial discrimination is when a person is treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of their race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin or immigrant status.” Racism can have a negative impact on non-dominant racial–ethnic (NDRE) youth's self-concepts, health and well-being, and life trajectories, as well as youth-serving professionals. The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine emphasizes the urgent need to address racism and its impact on both NDRE youth and youth-serving clinicians in the face of increased nationalism, ethnocentrism, xenophobia, and overt acts of racism[ CITATION Els18 \l 1033 ]. According to [CITATION Lan \l 13321 ], “Gender discrimination is unequal or disadvantageous treatment of an individual or group of individuals based on gender.” In mature industrial countries, the issue of gender equality in the workplace has spawned a slew of regulations aimed at combating gender discrimination in hiring, wage, and promotion. Despite this, there are still gender disparities in the workplace[CITATION Ver18 \l 13321 ]. Gender disparity in the workplace is a multifaceted phenomenon that can be found in the structures, procedures, and practices of companies. Human resources (HR) practices are where some of the most damaging gender inequities are imposed for women. This is because HR practices (i.e., policies, decision-making, and implementation) have an impact on women's hiring, training, remuneration, and advancement[ CITATION Sta15 \l 13321 ]. Race is a social construct used to classify people and give them meaning in a social context. Racism is defined as a network of economic, political, social, and cultural

structures, acts, and beliefs that organize and secure an unequal distribution of privilege, resources, and power in favor of the dominant racial group at the expense of everyone else. Racism covers three connected but distinct characteristics of bias towards social groups: prejudice (emotional bias), stereotypes (cognitive bias), and discrimination (behavioral bias). Arguments on multiculturalism is frequently framed by either worldwide terrorist attacks or, on a local level, racial tensions, or conflict. In these premises can it still be called racial discrimination? Some will say that they are just trying to be wary because they do not know who can be dangerous or not, but is it okay to treat a certain race or religious affiliates with discrimination just because few of them did bad things? Racism can have a negative impact on both NDRE youth and NDRE youth-serving providers' self-concepts, health and well-being, and life trajectories. With rising nationalism, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia, it's more important than ever to figure out how to deal with the health repercussions of these societal forces[ CITATION Els18 \l 1033 ]. Due to the numerous forms of gender inequities prevalent, the workplace has been referred to as an uncomfortable place for women [ CITATION Abr91 \l 1033 ]. The gender wage gap[ CITATION Pet95 \l 1033 ],the lack of women in leadership [ CITATION Eag07 \l 1033 ], and the longer time required for women (vs. males) to advance in their careers are some examples of how workplace discrimination negatively affects women's earnings and chances [ CITATION Bla07 \l 1033 ]. In other words, discrimination in the workplace adds to women's poorer socioeconomic level. Both the objective disadvantages of lower pay, status, and opportunities at work, as well as the subjective experiences of stigmatization, have an impact on women's psychological and

physical stress, mental and physical health (Goldenhar et al., 1998; Adler et al., 2000; Schmader et al., 2008; Borrell, et al., 2010), job satisfaction and organizational commitment [ CITATION Hic00 \l 1033 ], and ultimately, their economic well [ CITATION Coh02 \l 1033 ]. To sum up both racial and gender discrimination has negative impacts in the workforce. Instead of discriminating why don’t we try to respect everyone. Problems start when we do not have the right mindset. All I can say is “respect is free, and we should give it to everyone”....