Oppression as a Social Problem
In order to ascertain if discrimination of immigrants can be considered a social problem, it must identify the measured quantifiable elements that highlighted the negative social condition and the social constructs that interpreted them as needing collective intervention (Tepperman & Curtis, 2015). Based on the General Social Survey (GSS) of 2009, one-fifth of landed immigrants face discrimination; 62 percent experienced discrimination in multiple situations. Further, 28 percent claimed to have been discriminated against by a person in authority (Nangia & RCIS, 2013). Based on the number of new immigrants in 2015, out of 320,932 newcomers (still has to find the source), 64,186 suffered some form of discrimination, …show more content…
Conflict theory suggests that abuse of immigrants arises from the discord between the immigrants and the capitalist who justifies its hold on wealth, power, and privileged status resulting in persistent socio-economic inequalities (Tepperman & Curtis, 2015). In order to maintain these intergroup dynamics, social dominance theory explains that the dominant capitalist established an arbitrary set of systems and structures to enforced disparity between access to social capital including, among others, employment and social services (Pratto, Sidanius, & Levin, 2006; Sidanius et al., 2004, as cited in Kattari, 2015). Using structural social work, this inequality is a result of self-perpetuating consequence of capitalism in the same vein of racism which excludes immigrants from their social participation and equal opportunity to a more satisfactory quality of living (Baskin, 2003). These experiences of inequality then function as barriers to settlement and integration of newcomers (Nangia & RCIS, …show more content…
2015). As immigrants continue to encounter many stressors in their transition (Shields et al., 2011), children living in families facing economic hardships face a higher risk of suffering from maltreatment (Rothwell & de Boer, 2014). Unemployment, inadequate family income, and low socioeconomic status significantly predict child neglect and physical abuse (Cappelleri, Eckenrode & Powers, 1993 as cited in Euser et al., 2011). Based on family stress model, economic difficulties affect the mental health of parents, which consequently influence parental behavior and abusive child rearing attitudes (Bakermans-Kranenburg, Van IJzendoorn & Kroonenberg, 2004 as cited in Trocmé et al.,
In order to ascertain if discrimination of immigrants can be considered a social problem, it must identify the measured quantifiable elements that highlighted the negative social condition and the social constructs that interpreted them as needing collective intervention (Tepperman & Curtis, 2015). Based on the General Social Survey (GSS) of 2009, one-fifth of landed immigrants face discrimination; 62 percent experienced discrimination in multiple situations. Further, 28 percent claimed to have been discriminated against by a person in authority (Nangia & RCIS, 2013). Based on the number of new immigrants in 2015, out of 320,932 newcomers (still has to find the source), 64,186 suffered some form of discrimination, …show more content…
Conflict theory suggests that abuse of immigrants arises from the discord between the immigrants and the capitalist who justifies its hold on wealth, power, and privileged status resulting in persistent socio-economic inequalities (Tepperman & Curtis, 2015). In order to maintain these intergroup dynamics, social dominance theory explains that the dominant capitalist established an arbitrary set of systems and structures to enforced disparity between access to social capital including, among others, employment and social services (Pratto, Sidanius, & Levin, 2006; Sidanius et al., 2004, as cited in Kattari, 2015). Using structural social work, this inequality is a result of self-perpetuating consequence of capitalism in the same vein of racism which excludes immigrants from their social participation and equal opportunity to a more satisfactory quality of living (Baskin, 2003). These experiences of inequality then function as barriers to settlement and integration of newcomers (Nangia & RCIS, …show more content…
2015). As immigrants continue to encounter many stressors in their transition (Shields et al., 2011), children living in families facing economic hardships face a higher risk of suffering from maltreatment (Rothwell & de Boer, 2014). Unemployment, inadequate family income, and low socioeconomic status significantly predict child neglect and physical abuse (Cappelleri, Eckenrode & Powers, 1993 as cited in Euser et al., 2011). Based on family stress model, economic difficulties affect the mental health of parents, which consequently influence parental behavior and abusive child rearing attitudes (Bakermans-Kranenburg, Van IJzendoorn & Kroonenberg, 2004 as cited in Trocmé et al.,