Kinesiology Assignment: Discrimination, Diversity and Social Evolution

This essay delves into the concept of discrimination within the context of kinesiology, examining its various forms, including racial, sexual, and physical biases, as they manifest in social and cultural structures. It argues that instead of avoiding diversity, prioritizing the unique abilities of individuals, regardless of race or gender, is a more effective approach. The essay challenges the notion that women only began stepping out of the home in the nineteenth century, asserting that each race has historically possessed unique qualities and provided platforms for both men and women. It attributes the rise of sexual discrimination to the sociocultural evolution of mankind, where specific characteristics were arbitrarily defined as strengths or weaknesses, leading to disguised oppression. The essay emphasizes that every identity, whether male, female, Black, or White, has distinct strengths and capabilities that make them equivalent and non-complementary, essential for the fundamental growth of human civilization. It references academic sources to support its claims about gender equivalence, racial identity, and the dynamics of gender and power.

Running head: KINESIOLOGY
Kinesiology
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The word ‘Discrimination’ refers the unjustified biasing in social and cultural structure of a
society. Discrimination comes with numerous variations namely racial, sexual, physical,
religious and racial discrimination. The fact is, each and every person has their own physical
identity depending on his or her physical phenomenon that helps to build his or her
distinctiveness from others. At the same time, this diversity is the choice of nature while no
one has the capability to build or choose his or her physical identity. Every individual has a
set of unique capabilities as well as disabilities depending on his or her physiological
structure that reflects the phrase “everyone is unique”1. Therefore, as stated in the previous
post avoiding this diversity is not the solution, rather prioritizing the unique abilities of
individual race and gender can solve this problem.
It is not historically true that ‘During the Nineteenth Century, women began stepping out of
the home’. However, at the very early stage of civilization, each race has their individual
qualities while providing an equivalent platform for both man and woman2. As per the socio-
cultural evolution of mankind, the sexual discrimination was spreading within the social
structure when the society started to define some specific characteristics as strength and
others as weakness3. This blind differentiation caused the socio-cultural dilemma which is
still growing through disguised oppression. The major problem in modern civilization is
some people are fighting for equality without considering the physiological facts and others
believe the discrimination is a natural gift that causes this increased sexual abuse and racial
violence. Men, Women, Black or White every identity has unique strength and capabilities
that make them equivalent and noncomplementary for the fundamental growth of human
civilisation.
1 Hystad, Sigurd W. "Exploring gender equivalence and bias in a measure of psychological
hardiness." International Journal of Psychological Studies 4.4 (2012): 69.
2 Sellers, Robert M., and J. Nicole Shelton. "The role of racial identity in perceived racial
discrimination." Journal of personality and social psychology 84.5 (2003): 1079.
3 Connell, Raewyn W. Gender and power: Society, the person and sexual politics. John Wiley & Sons, 2014.

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References:
Connell, Raewyn W. Gender and power: Society, the person and sexual politics. John Wiley
& Sons, 2014.
Hystad, Sigurd W. "Exploring gender equivalence and bias in a measure of psychological
hardiness." International Journal of Psychological Studies 4.4 (2012): 69.
Sellers, Robert M., and J. Nicole Shelton. "The role of racial identity in perceived racial
discrimination." Journal of personality and social psychology 84.5 (2003): 1079.