Racial Disparity And Racial Discrimination
What is Discrimination? It is making a decision based on an individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, cultural creed, sex or age, creating an unfair environment for employees. It solely involves some unfair treatment of the individual’s rights. However, the reflections of this paper discuss the wage gap between black and white workers in the United State labor market. According to a study, in the past four decades, black workers fall behind in their wages, making less than the white workers, due to racial discrimination. Although, a study, researchers from the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute, said a disparity which disparity is lack of similarity or equality concerning the wage gap needed the governments’ official’s attention to
help resolve the issues.
In 2015, according to the think tank study, income and wages for all African-American and white workers with 1979 pay levels grew and the high paying workers’ pay began to go at a slower rate of productivity. However, in 2015, black men’s hourly average wages were 31 percent down than white men’s in 1979. Also, in 1979 according to these same reports and study, the wage gap for black women, was the same as white women, meaning they made the same amount of money as white women. Then there was the gender wage gap, showing black women to be further behind white men earnings in four decades ago.
The gap narrowed, labor markets became tighter and minimum wages went up in the 1990’s and since has expanded. Nevertheless, there begin to be gaps reported by The Economic Policy between blacks’ and whites’ concerning education, experience and geographic locale.
help resolve the issues.
In 2015, according to the think tank study, income and wages for all African-American and white workers with 1979 pay levels grew and the high paying workers’ pay began to go at a slower rate of productivity. However, in 2015, black men’s hourly average wages were 31 percent down than white men’s in 1979. Also, in 1979 according to these same reports and study, the wage gap for black women, was the same as white women, meaning they made the same amount of money as white women. Then there was the gender wage gap, showing black women to be further behind white men earnings in four decades ago.
The gap narrowed, labor markets became tighter and minimum wages went up in the 1990’s and since has expanded. Nevertheless, there begin to be gaps reported by The Economic Policy between blacks’ and whites’ concerning education, experience and geographic locale.