People are denied a job simply because of something that they cannot change: their race and/or gender. Women aren’t given a fair chance in the job industry and aren’t esteemed as highly as men. Discriminatory action is something that is common and rarely addressed especially in the job industry.
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Women in the US workforce still earn less than males in the US workforce. There is an indefinite gap between when men and women get paid. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, “women earn 49 cents compared to every $1 men earn.” The #MeToo movement was because of sexual harassment women had to go through mainly in the workplaces.
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According to American Progress, “Analyzing the most recent Census Bureau data from 2018, women of all races earned, on average, just 82 cents for every $1 earned by men of all races….The wage gap is larger for most women of color.”
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In early 2018, Target was involved in a lawsuit of $3.7 million because they were denying African-Americans and Latino- Americans a fair shot at the same job as Whites. According to USA Today, “Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, which brought the complaint with the law firm Outten & Golden, said in a statement. ‘Overly broad background screenings unfairly limit opportunities for black and Latino applicants due to widespread discrimination at every stage in the criminal justice system...’”
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Hiring managers discriminate against African Americans because of the way that their names are. According to Chicago Booth Review, “ white names received 50 percent more callbacks for interviews”. This issue is ongoing and evolves into an unconscious bias that is geared mainly towards people of color.
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