Racial Inequality in the Workplace

Race and gender ultimately determine the quality of jobs and therefore has a lot to do with the amount of money the individual will make. Today, African American men working full time and year round have 72 percent of the average earnings of comparable white men. For African American and white women, the ratio is 85 percent. And during good times and bad, the black unemployment rate is typically stuck at about double the white rate. White men have many substantial advantages in the workplace. They are capable of getting jobs that they desire rather than just the jobs they are limited to. The positions that earn the most money and have the most power are usually occupied by white men. Inequality in the workplace has certainly settled down over the last 20 years but it still prevails. There are organizing processes that produce inequality such as organizations having process that help to achieve goals. The processes produce class, racial, and gender inequalities.