Sunday, November 9, 2008

Links to three other Blogs on discrimination

For this post I tried to find links to other blogs that deal with topics that fall under the umbrella of discrimination. I also tried to find blogs that are up-to-date or have at the very least been updated in 2008.

A blog called "India: A billion aspirations Perspectives on South Asian politics," talks about the difficulties people in India face living under the caste system. The blog also talks about how the caste system/culturally enforced discrimination has affected the politics of the country. Now the country wants to uses a quota system to help certain tribes and castes, who have traditionally been underrepresented in the government and universities, claim higher roles in society.

Here is the link:
http://blogs.reuters.com/india/tag/discrimination/

A blog called "The Age Discrimination (Is Real) Blog," follows a man named from Bellingham, Washington. At one point Ron had a distinguished career, where he held senior positions in financial services companies. He used to manage big budgets, manage many people, and was always top performer. However, Ron's company closed down in 2004 and since he is 60 years old he has had trouble finding a job. He writes this blog to tell of the blatant age discrimination he has undergone.

Here is the link:
http://agediscriminationblog.com/

A blog called "The SheEO Blog,"follows Fiona Smith's experience with being a female in the workplace. She is a writer for the Australian Financial Review. Smith talks about how it is okay for me to show emotion in the workplace but women are expected to show no emotion. Emotion in a man makes him seem "authentic" or passionate" while the same emotion in a women is seen as a weakness. This blog shows that gender discrimination is not just a phenomenon in corporate America it is a world-wide issue.

Here is the link:
http://www.thesheeoblog.com/sexual_discrimination/

Share comments, I felt the blog about age discrimination was the most powerful:Which of these three blogs speaks to you the most?

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