Workplace Inequality: The Plight of Minorities

Minorities: Discrimination, Inequality, and Justice for Few

According to minorities today, racism and discrimination are some of the major factors that are present in the workplace. In the labor force specifically, we see racism, discrimination, and inequality that deprive minorities of the opportunity to succeed in life. Research shows that African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, women, lesbians, gays, and transgenders in the world suffer injustices that shouldn’t be taking place according to laws that were placed to defend these groups. According to the research, minorities in the labor force are not getting their due because they are treated unequally, face discrimination and their employers violate their rights.

To begin, minorities in the

Moyer (2016) found that “Diversity programs and Diversity teams do not exist to solve an actual or perceived problem but rather exist to cover the companies … to make it look like the company is doing ‘something’ to solve a ‘problem”. This proves that diversity groups are inefficient, which allows discrimination to continue in the workplace and the company does nothing more to prevent. Companies are not taking another step towards improving the situation, rather they conform to the reality and allow it to continue because, in the end, they only care about the profit they make from their employers. According to Dover, Major, & Kaiser (2016) “Even when there is clear evidence of discrimination at a company, the presence of a diversity policy leads people to discount claims of unfair treatment. In previous research, we’ve found that this is especially true for members of dominant groups and those who tend to believe that the system is generally fair.” This shows that the dominant race, or whites, believe that the system( diversity teams) are fair and prove the assistance minorities need;however, that is proven to be unrealistic according to research. The evidence shows that companies only have those programs available to make people

The government has implemented laws such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Equal Pay Act of 1963, The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and The Civil Rights Act of 199. All of these laws protect against racial, ethnical, religious, color, sexual preference, gender, and age discrimination. According to the research provided by The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2009) , “Employers are required to post notices to all employees advising them of their rights under the laws EEOC enforces and their right to be free from retaliation [...] prohibitions against sex discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Pregnancy Based Discrimination, prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the payment of wages or benefits, where men and women perform work of similar skill, effort, and responsibility for the same employer under similar working conditions.” All these laws protect women, men, and colored people;however, there aren 't many laws used to defend and protect people from the LGBT community. With that stated, not much is being done to make sure minorities are getting their due in the workplace. There may be many laws to protect minorities;however, there