How can we approach the issue of inequality in employment of women and ethnic minorities?
Select an approach and support it with evidence from the following graphs.
http://www.publicagenda.org/citizen/issueguides/race/getfacts
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/434/race-facts.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/434/affirmative-action.html
Make your initial comment with your approach, then make two additional comments about what your classmates say about the issue.
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I think that Approach 1 might be the best option, although all three are done with the best intentions and all want the best for everyone. We should level the playing in life, and use the Laws to their fullest extent in enforcing what is right. Race should not matter, as long as the person is qualified, good, and has the skills, they should be hired. Sublte Discrimination should be brought to light, and challenged directly. We should take this issue head-on.
I think we can approach the issue of inequality in employment of women and ethic minorities by using approach 2: The Equal oppotrunitity approach bevause it abandon race preferences and provides public support for those single mothers and the poor. Also it improves school so that when kids get older they have the same oppotunitu to succeed than other kids. Also it would expand race neutral programs that can make a huge difference for people like for example job skills training and health care and they will have more drug abuse prevention programs for the people.
I think Approach 3 will be a better option because we need more public support to help single mothers and the poor. Also we can improve public schools more so that when your child gets older he has the same opprotunity as people to succeed. Also by expanding the race neutral it will make a difference to the poor families because they will benifit from it for example they will include lots of programs for them such them being able to have health care and create programs such as the drug abuse prevention and anti crime efforts
I think that the second approach to ending the issue of inequality is better because it shows in depth calculations and statistics of how the races are serviced in America. We should go by numbers and try to equal them out as best as possible by raising up the unfortunate groups to the same playing field. There are many who struggle and it is truly unfair for those who try their hardest to break away from the society that tries to make them fit the discription that they have made for them
Approach 1 seems to be the best road to take in order to solve the "work, race and gender" inequality problem. The affirmative action strategy was made out of good intentions but its extremely offensive. I'd want someone to hire me based on my qualifications not my race or gender.
Ian,
Do you have any numbers/statistics to point to that suggest this appraoch may work well.
Also, what laws on the books might be of particular interest to pursue?
i.e. 14th amendment? Equal Opportunity Laws?
Miguel,
You put a lot of hope into programs to help people out. How will you approach deal with the issue of discrimination against poor people, people of color, women of color, etc?
i think the 2nd approach is the better one. its a safe way to provide public support. its also a way to really improve schools.What we need in are schools in diversity and this approch will give job skills training and health care.
Approach 3 catches my attention the most because it seems more concern about the inequality problems with races. One of the arguments i got from the paper said that "Assistance should be provied according to need, not on the basis of race." This means that basically the government should help the people that need it and try not to judge them by their race.
Earlier i saw on the website that they had a graph of the SAT scores based on race and the asians and whites had the higher scores out of all. The blacks and latino's had the lowest scores on all of the SAT test's. If approach 3 strategy is used then it might be able to help out these problems.
I think approach 1 would be the best idea to deal with inequality through unemployment. Individuals resume and level of education would be a better judgment of who should get a job or not. Some people would assume that black people don't finish high school win in fact according to a bar graph 88.6% of them finish high school or college while 94.6% white people finish high school. This basically gets rid of the stereotype that most black people don't finish high school. This means job hiring should be based on skills and not race.
I disagree with Jaquan because if we just take approach 3 then the problem will never be fixed. People have to use the Justice system to make sure the problem is at least looked at.
I disagree with James because statistics shouldn't factor into all decisions because not everyone in these racial groups aren't trying to better themselves. It'd be a better idea to help the people who care about their future instead of people who just want to blame all their problems on racism.
i agree with fontaine when he said that he would not want to be hired based on race, but in some cases its helpful, if a job needs a hight % in black people they will hire that race
I think the second approach will be most helpful for people. It helps provide assistance so that race, gender, and the workforce dont play a big role in success. I feel like it would give everyone more equal oppurtunities to get ahead.
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