Description
Consider the section "Discrimination-Disparity Continuum" in Ch. 1, "Race, Ethnicity, and Crime: American's Continuing Crisis," of The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you dothe following:
- Identify the 5 race categories.
- Define the terms race, minority, and inclusion.
- Explain the difference between disparity and discrimination.
- Using the Discrimination-Disparity Continuum, provide a definition for at least 1 type of discrimination and provide an example from a criminal justice setting.
- Explain the differences of bias, discrimination, stereotyping, and cultural competency.
Format your paper in accordance with APA guidelines.
Explanation & Answer
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Running Head: RACIAL GROUP CATEGORIES
Racial Group Categories
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Institutional Affiliation
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RACIAL GROUP CATEGORIES
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The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) categorizes the different
races into American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native
Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and white descent. OMB also defines ethnicity categories
which are differentiated by whether a person is Hispanic or Latino or whether a person is Not
Hispanic or Latino. Race or racial difference is the categorizing of people based on their physical
features which may include facial features, skin color, heights, and hair patterns. Minorities refer
to people underrepresented in the same way as other people based on the different categorization
the people have such as their racial difference. Being in a minority group implies that a group is
receiving unequal treatment to that shown to another group. Inclusion is the creation of a culture
or e...
