Asian Americans
Change against Discrimination
5/14/2015
SPRING 2015, ETH 1
Deborah Kindler
Article #3
Asian Americans: Change against Discrimination
Unfair discrimination can be found in many places in the service industry. This can be found in such places as institutions (colleges and universities), healthcare industry (hospitals and nursing homes), and corporations. Discrimination can be found in hiring in such places as hotels and motels, in reverse-discrimination. Hotels and motels hiring practices are to hire minorities, therefore you will see more Asian and Mexican housekeepers.
This article covers, Stratus Video Interpreting and how this company is providing an important service to the Healthcare industry through interpreters …show more content…
“Stratus Video Interpreting Addresses Language and Healthcare Disparities Among the 5 Million Asian Americans with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)” states the most hospitals in the U.S. offer Spanish speaking interpreters, while most hospitals do not offer Asian Americans an interpreter who speaks their dialect of Asian language. With 35 distinctly different dialects it is a challenge for Healthcare workers to provide Asian interpreters that can speak every dialect.
“While most hospitals provide Spanish speaking interpreters, Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts require any program receiving federal funding – including hospitals and other healthcare facilities that accept Medicare or Medicaid payments – must ensure individuals with limited English proficiency have meaningful access to programs and services.”
There has been a shortage of Asian Speaking interpreters due to the challenge of diversity in Asian languages. To be able to have enough interpreters to cover at least 15 to 20 of these dialects, a hospital would have to hire several interpreters. Stratus Video Interpreters does this service 24 hours a day with their highly trained staff of interpreters which relieves the burden on hospitals of a large pool of …show more content…
The Supreme Court is already viewing the lawsuit of the University of Texas at Austin that is accused of being too heavy-handed in its admissions preferences for black and Hispanic applicants. That lawsuit was filed by Mr. Blum as the director of Project on Fair Representation and has Mr. Blum playing a key role in the
Change against Discrimination
5/14/2015
SPRING 2015, ETH 1
Deborah Kindler
Article #3
Asian Americans: Change against Discrimination
Unfair discrimination can be found in many places in the service industry. This can be found in such places as institutions (colleges and universities), healthcare industry (hospitals and nursing homes), and corporations. Discrimination can be found in hiring in such places as hotels and motels, in reverse-discrimination. Hotels and motels hiring practices are to hire minorities, therefore you will see more Asian and Mexican housekeepers.
This article covers, Stratus Video Interpreting and how this company is providing an important service to the Healthcare industry through interpreters …show more content…
“Stratus Video Interpreting Addresses Language and Healthcare Disparities Among the 5 Million Asian Americans with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)” states the most hospitals in the U.S. offer Spanish speaking interpreters, while most hospitals do not offer Asian Americans an interpreter who speaks their dialect of Asian language. With 35 distinctly different dialects it is a challenge for Healthcare workers to provide Asian interpreters that can speak every dialect.
“While most hospitals provide Spanish speaking interpreters, Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts require any program receiving federal funding – including hospitals and other healthcare facilities that accept Medicare or Medicaid payments – must ensure individuals with limited English proficiency have meaningful access to programs and services.”
There has been a shortage of Asian Speaking interpreters due to the challenge of diversity in Asian languages. To be able to have enough interpreters to cover at least 15 to 20 of these dialects, a hospital would have to hire several interpreters. Stratus Video Interpreters does this service 24 hours a day with their highly trained staff of interpreters which relieves the burden on hospitals of a large pool of …show more content…
The Supreme Court is already viewing the lawsuit of the University of Texas at Austin that is accused of being too heavy-handed in its admissions preferences for black and Hispanic applicants. That lawsuit was filed by Mr. Blum as the director of Project on Fair Representation and has Mr. Blum playing a key role in the