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What is Discrimination?
Discrimination is a behavioral action.
Discrimination means that someone acts on their prejudiced beliefs.
Examples of discrimination:
A manager promoting a cisgender employee over a transgender employee whose performance is stronger.
A racialized youth is being monitored without cause while shopping in a store.
A health-care provider refusing to treat/diagnose a patient who is part of a particular racial/ethnic group.
What are the Impacts of Discrimination?
What are the Impacts of Discrimination?
Discrimination leads to increased depressive symptoms, poorer physical health, and more chronic illness, possibly through the activation of stress response systems or changes in health behavior.
Exposure to racial/ethnic discrimination is perceived as traumatic and stressful - leading to higher anxiety, feelings of hopelessness and helplessness, and increased depressive symptoms.
Stressors resulting from discriminatory experiences can also cause physical depletion, premature illness, and mortality.
How to Avoid Discrimination?
How to Avoid Discrimination?
Focus on your strengths that can motivate you to succeed.
Seek support systems such as your family and friends or members of your support network.
Get involved and connect with like-minded groups and organizations.
Check in with your body before reacting to help yourself think clearly.
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