Examining Name Discrimination and its Effects on Ethnic and Racial Minorities Across the Globe
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Dicrimination, racial minorities, ethnic minorities, name discriminationAbstract
With the increased diversity in America, issues of discrimination and prejudice will begin to arise in different areas of life for racial and ethnic minorities. Racial and Gender discrimination are two examples of commonly discussed discrimination in the workforce and in academic settings; However along with race, name discrimination is just as prevalent but not as widely discussed and dissected as other forms of discrimination. Name discrimination is a subset of Racial discrimination and they both equally go hand in hand. This literature review examines different forms of Name discrimination, how it looks both in American society and across the globe, and how it manifests itself in diverse ways and actively disadvantages Racial and Ethnic Minorities. As there is limited research in this field, this article hopes to give deeper insight and perspective on Name discrimination, what it looks like and how detrimental it is to the lives of racial minorities.
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