n is based mainly on the stereotypes that we place on certain groups of people; in this example, we might think that this group of teens are in a gang. Defined, status conscious is the consciousness and awareness of a minority group with which one comes into contact.The final theory is the social distance discrimination theory. Stated, it says that discrimination may be the result of the location or distance put between two groups of people. An example of this would be a family living on the wrong side of the tracks. This family may get treated differently than another family due to their geographic location.America has always had its share of problems when it comes to discrimination. It seems like almost every time that you turn around, another lawsuit is being filed against some corporation for discrimination. The U.S. government has made attempts to help with this discrimination. Things like affirmative action have been put into practice in order to cut down on this discrimination. However, in my opinion, affirmative action has done nothing but make this problem worse. It does, in fact, help out some minority groups, but on the other hand, I believe that in some cases it ends up discriminating against the majority. It seems that most affirmative actions we read about occur in universities, making it appear that only in school settings is discrimination a problem. It may be a problem in universities, but it is not confined to learning institutions. An example of university-related discrimination that called the affirmative action into an accounting happened not long ago at the University of Texas at Austin, when a white American applicant brought a law suit against the school for refusing her admission. Her undergraduate grades and entrance exam scores were above average in comparison to the other applicants. On the other hand, the University did grant admission to an African-American applicant whose scores were significan...
