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 * 1st Example: [|www.hrmguide.net/hrm/racism.html]**

Following "Key Concept" is taken from the above article:

Institutionalized racism is an indirect and largely invisible process which can be compared with cloning and the glass ceiling. It is a term encompassing the, often unintentional, barriers and selection/promotion procedures which serve to disadvantage members of ethnic minority groups.
 * KEY CONCEPT 9.8** - **INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM**




 * 2nd Example: [|Article and Video from GLSEN on Bullying]**

Sirdeaner Walker testified before the House subcommittees on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education and Healthy Families and Communities. Her 11 year old son committed suicide, which was attributed to bullying at school. In the article, found on the GLSEN website, Ms. Walker states "...Congress can make sure they [teachers, administrators, and other school staff members] have that guidance and support by making anti-bullying policies mandatory in all of our nation's schools."

The following information is taken directly from the article: "The Safe Schools Improvement Act would require schools that receive Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act funding to implement a comprehensive anti-bullying policy that enumerates categories often targeted by bullies, including race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression and others. It also requires states to include bullying and harassment data in their state-wide needs assessments reporting."

Jenny's Comments: The concept from A.J. Price's **//Human Resource Management in a Business Context//** used for the 1st example and the 2nd example from the GLSEN site provides a similarity with our reading from Tyler Cox. Cox's reading shares that leaders of change need to know how to go about the process of changing the culture of an organization. Leaders can't just say that they want change and continue to employ the same efforts and practices that they've always used. (474) Those leaders that don't employ/accept new practices are just allowing for the glass ceilings and barriers to remain in place for ethnic minority groups, as well as women, homosexuals, etc... In the case of the bullying issue and the fact that the Act would provide funding for the implementation of a new program to curb bullying, the problem is that the administration and teachers need to be aware of the diversity of their school and acknowledge that there are hierarchies at work amongst the students. In addition, the administration and teachers need to be invested in the program and not just speak the words to the students. If they do not, they too are keeping the practices in place that have kept the true diversity of their organization stagnant.

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