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