Racism in the Workplace

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This paper examines how although African Americans have made significant progress in acquiring education and contributing to the workforce, they are still treated worse than their white counterparts in every respect. It looks at how despite the success of the civil rights movement and affirmative action, throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the wage gap between whites and African-Americans has grown increasingly wider, even when the educational differences are factored into the analysis.

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"Many research studies have indicated that whites are treated better on the job than African Americans in many areas. First, African Americans are paid less than their white counterparts at all levels of the work hierarchy, regardless of the qualifications. According to U.S. Census Bureau, the real income of white families increased by nine percent from 1979 and 1993 while the real income of African American families stayed the same during this period (Brief et al. 60). Similarly, the findings of the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission reveal that African American men in management positions earn 79 percent of their white counterparts? wages and the African American women in the same positions earn 60 percent of the wages of their white male counterparts (Hayes 111)."

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