Women's Rights And Prejudice Against Racism
ne thing i’ve always made not of is on job applications its ask for an individual’s ethnic group. Whether they are hispanic, black, white etc. I always tried to question t because what significance does it show as in should everyone apply for any job without a restriction as such. However as I got older everything made sense, many said it had to do with population and wanting to know who is in what work field based on race. In my understanding it’s all for statistical content and for individuals to see what race they prefer to employ. Remember this is in my opinion and my opinion has nothing to do with the actual facts behind them having that section on applications. I believe it’s just another thing to separate individuals in the sense of
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who they want to apply and who they shouldn’t. From reading an article it’s somewhat backed my claim about having discrimination on job applications because it ask individuals what their ethnic group is. The article states, “note that employers observe the race of applicants/employees and believe it to be correlated with productivity. Because the number of black applicants and workers is substantially lower than the number of whites, most employers observe a higher relative dispersion of productivities among black than among white employees.” (Hirsch, Schumacher 1992). This is not only affects our wage gap but in then makes a distinction in how individuals view the black community. Employers should never deteriorate the black community character then blame the lack applicants of effort on performance. Many individuals have been turned down from jobs just based on his/her race. Its is quite trouble some because this is still reality for many individuals today. There’s so many confounding factors that affects this wage gap that we still have today and race plays a significant role in it. If you were to ever view a statistical chart and view the earnings from all races you would see that whites tops the list. They will continue to top that list as long as there’s a wage gap. However there’s more to racial contents when it comes to one’s earnings in this society.
While reading Estelle Freedman novel, one thing I found interesting is that the women’s right movement didn’t fight much against the racial injustice that people of color faced.
Many people went about and started they own movement because if the movement is for womens all issues should be taken up into accountability. No one should feel left out, If everyone have their complaints all issues should be addressed. Not focusing on what may seem important to them. Yes having voting rights and an education is important, but many didn’t feel as if racism was address as much as it should. “ In the aftermath of suffrage, white women’s racial attitudes ranged from intolerance to neglect to engagement. At one extreme, the resurgent Ku Klux Klan established a Women’s KKK, which in 1924 claimed a membership of a quarter million. More typical was the dismissal of race by younger radicals such as Alice Paul...With a single focus on sex, however, they refused to discuss racial injustice, even when african American women raised the subject at their meetings.” (Freedman, 96).The fundamentals of reading because I had no clue there was a women’s KKK. Though I didn’t completely add the entire quote it basically shows that African American concerns were not addressed. Their voices were never hear because the movement had other issues to handle without Knowing that those concerns will now affect women of color in present days. Eventually this started of a separation, many went about started movements of their own that would bring concerns to the racial injustice that was taking place. It is difficult to handle the wage gap between male and females when there’s this racial gap. It’s never a win win situation because someone is always losing. It also shows that most of these womens didn’t have the support from the males. Many felt women should of been on the hush hush regarding these issues. Freedman states, “Neither white nor black man responded with much enthusiasm, and some blatantly
ridiculed women for raising these issues.” (Freedman, 101). Its sad to say that the women fought their fight alone because they didn’t have the support they needed. For instance, what if the women never stood up for their rights. Perhaps we would be living in a world that i believe would have no meaning. I can’t imagine myself growing up to not having an education, not being able to speak up for myself and some else dictating how I should live my life.
who they want to apply and who they shouldn’t. From reading an article it’s somewhat backed my claim about having discrimination on job applications because it ask individuals what their ethnic group is. The article states, “note that employers observe the race of applicants/employees and believe it to be correlated with productivity. Because the number of black applicants and workers is substantially lower than the number of whites, most employers observe a higher relative dispersion of productivities among black than among white employees.” (Hirsch, Schumacher 1992). This is not only affects our wage gap but in then makes a distinction in how individuals view the black community. Employers should never deteriorate the black community character then blame the lack applicants of effort on performance. Many individuals have been turned down from jobs just based on his/her race. Its is quite trouble some because this is still reality for many individuals today. There’s so many confounding factors that affects this wage gap that we still have today and race plays a significant role in it. If you were to ever view a statistical chart and view the earnings from all races you would see that whites tops the list. They will continue to top that list as long as there’s a wage gap. However there’s more to racial contents when it comes to one’s earnings in this society.
While reading Estelle Freedman novel, one thing I found interesting is that the women’s right movement didn’t fight much against the racial injustice that people of color faced.
Many people went about and started they own movement because if the movement is for womens all issues should be taken up into accountability. No one should feel left out, If everyone have their complaints all issues should be addressed. Not focusing on what may seem important to them. Yes having voting rights and an education is important, but many didn’t feel as if racism was address as much as it should. “ In the aftermath of suffrage, white women’s racial attitudes ranged from intolerance to neglect to engagement. At one extreme, the resurgent Ku Klux Klan established a Women’s KKK, which in 1924 claimed a membership of a quarter million. More typical was the dismissal of race by younger radicals such as Alice Paul...With a single focus on sex, however, they refused to discuss racial injustice, even when african American women raised the subject at their meetings.” (Freedman, 96).The fundamentals of reading because I had no clue there was a women’s KKK. Though I didn’t completely add the entire quote it basically shows that African American concerns were not addressed. Their voices were never hear because the movement had other issues to handle without Knowing that those concerns will now affect women of color in present days. Eventually this started of a separation, many went about started movements of their own that would bring concerns to the racial injustice that was taking place. It is difficult to handle the wage gap between male and females when there’s this racial gap. It’s never a win win situation because someone is always losing. It also shows that most of these womens didn’t have the support from the males. Many felt women should of been on the hush hush regarding these issues. Freedman states, “Neither white nor black man responded with much enthusiasm, and some blatantly
ridiculed women for raising these issues.” (Freedman, 101). Its sad to say that the women fought their fight alone because they didn’t have the support they needed. For instance, what if the women never stood up for their rights. Perhaps we would be living in a world that i believe would have no meaning. I can’t imagine myself growing up to not having an education, not being able to speak up for myself and some else dictating how I should live my life.