The Discrimination In The Job Industry In America
POLARITY MAPPING
In the job industry there is a lot of discrimination that is based on racial basis. Because of this most of the people especially the women, immigrants, and African Americans are not able to secure job opportunities. Moreover, certain jobs require one to have special skills or a certain age limit that makes it impossible for certain people to qualify for the jobs. Therefore, it is crystal clear that women, minorities, and immigrants do experience both positive and negative challenges in their endeavor to secure jobs.
Experiences of Women When Finding Employment
According to David S. Pedulla and Devah Pager, “Discrimination against the female gender has also been documented in the hiring process against women with strong penalties against mothers. In addition, Ghilarducci Teressa argues that, “If you are a female over the age of fifty years finding work has statistically gotten harder since the year 2008.” Teressa further argues that, “A study recently published by the federal Reserve bank of St. Louis shows that half of the women who are aged over fifty years old who are unemployed are long-term unemployed. Take a look at our fastest growing sector, health. You have minorities at the very bottom of that industry, and top male administrators are men. ”From this analysis it is clear that almost every job industry is dominated by either gender discrimination or racial malpractices.
Experiences of Minorities When Finding Employment
In America, inhumane treatment is a harsh reality that has been reported by quite a number of Black and Hispanic Americans. Bianca D. Julio, Mara Norton, and Mollyann Brodie on the article titled Survey of Americans on Race, argue that “ thirty five percent of Blacks(a third of Blacks) and about twenty six percent of Hispanic(a quarter of Hispanic) say that they have experienced certain types of racial discrimination, such as being denied a job or being prevented from voting as compared to about one to eleven percent of the white people.” Moreover, they continue to say that, “more than fifty three percent of people who are blacks, have reported having experienced inhumane treatment for the past thirty days all because of their race at work places, stores and even at the hands of police officers.” From this article, it is evident that most of the minorities in America especially Blacks and Hispanic go through a lot when finding employment opportunities.
Experiences of Immigrants finding Employment
Majority of the people who are immigrants face challenges in securing employment opportunities. Acquiring visa and work permits are the initial challenges that most immigrants face in their struggle to secure an employment opportunity. A great number of companies will often give the number one priority to citizens and permanent residents of their country just because it is more appealing and cost effective for them. Katherine Bouglai in the article,5 biggest challenges immigrants face when looking for a job in the us argues that, “We have all been there, the first couple of years in the country can be tough because you have to learn English as your second language. Sometimes learning the language can be much deeper than vocabulary and grammar. There is another dimension to it-it is about understanding the culture, the body language and the phsycology of the people who grew up in this country. This takes time and the best you can do is practice while exposing yourself to American culture as much as you can.”
In conclusion, identification of employment opportunities and gaining promotion in companies among women, minorities and immigrants has been reported to be challenging due to the above discussed factors.
Bibliography:
- Bouglai, Katherine. 5 biggest challenges immigrants face when looking for a job in the US and how to overcome them. February 23, 2017. http://www.washingtontechnology.org (accessed February 23, 2017).
- Julio, D. Bianca, Mira Norton, and Mollyann Brode. Survey on Americans on race. November 24, 2015. http://www.KFF.org (accessed November 24, 2015).
- Pedulla, David S., and Devah Pager. The Conversation. July 21, 2015. www.theconversation.com (accessed July 21, 2015).
- Teressa, Ghilarducci. The conversation. January 14, 2016. PBS.org (accessed January 14, 2016).
