Diversity and Discrimination - Michelle Law Period 1

Economic

Gender

Pay Differentiation #

Jobs that women typically have include: caregiving, education, nursing, cleaning

Professions #

Family Institutions

Latino women are dropping out of school to provide for family #

For every dollar male gets = female get 81 cents #

Men dominating leadership positions

Mainly male CEOs

Male = doctors and surgeons Female = only nurses and medical assistants

Single-parent homes headed by women have a lower income than if it were to be headed by men

Gender wage gap

these women are getting paid less

Race

Systems

Education

Justice

Prison

Minorities facing discrimination leads to school dropout

system itself is pushing out / elevating certain groups of students

people who have little education or are dropouts tend to

vote red

have higher incarceration rate #

Even though most of U.S. population is white, POC disproportionally high incarceration rates

putting more African American males in prison

Southern states spend very little on public education per student #

white supremacy/white want to remain in control #

Key Events

Coronavirus

more racist views of Asian Americans

Native American and Black women likely to have low paying jobs

U.S. = highest percent of people imprisoned

favors white people