32nd Annual Student Research Conference
Race and Gender Discrimination in the Psychotherapy Profession
Shukuru Mambo
Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
Persistent racial and gender inequality in the psychotherapy profession is underpinned by discrimination. Unlike the pre-civil rights era, when racial prejudice was overt, today discrimination is less readily identifiable. This paper reviews the relevant literature on discrimination in employment and occupation, examining the relationship between observable physical characteristics such as skin tone, gender, and earnings, as measured by income. I begin by defining discrimination and its effects on mental health work. My paper will analyze how doctors discriminate against patients and then I aim to offer a solution to ending workplace discrimination. Although many organizations have applied the handbook principle, as I show, they still lack the will to enforce it. Finally, I illustrate the ways in which individual, organizational, and structural mechanisms underlie contemporary forms of discrimination.
Keywords: race, income, gender, discrimination, mental health, employment
Topic(s):English
Interdisciplinary Studies
Psychology
Presentation Type: Oral Paper
Session: 303-6
Location: BH 212
Time: 2:45