Social Justice and the Workplace blog 2

Social Justice and the Workplace

According to Brown (2012), “It is not enough to have legislation that precludes discrimination in the workplace when the opportunity to prepare for and enter these jobs is missing. Wage differentials between men and women and between white and minority workers illustrate clearly that economic equity is an unrealized dream” (p.6). There are still children who do not receive up to par educations and children who are not prepared for opportunities because they are not computer literate. There are parents who are still unemployed, still below the poverty line, or still discriminated because of race, gender, or sexual orientation.

Although a lot of jobs have gotten better with traditional male and female jobs, there are still jobs who have not steered away from the idea. There is still economic equality in the workforce. There are places that I walk into and see only Caucasians with a few minorities, but they claim to be diverse places for employment. There are some establishments that I walk into and only see minorities. The amount of diversity in the workplace is sometimes invisible which causes for a large divide. I also go into establishments and see mostly men or women, because of the kind of job it is.

My sister is discriminated at her job every day. Her job is not a “typical” female job and every time she goes she is made aware of it. Why does it matter if she received the same certification and passed the tests needed just like everyone else? She chose this career development as something that interest her, because every day at work is different and the salary was great. Her company has also belittled her work ethic and abilities by giving her a lighter load to deal with. This also means she receives less money. On the other hand, my job is a good example of someone trying to improve on the typical male and female roles. They have diversity, although it may not be much in race, but they have almost an equal amount of men and women. They also do not classify anything as a male or female job. There are sometimes females taking out the trash, cleaning or doing work outside.

Social justice and economic equality go hand in hand. They are both important, especially to career development and education, in order for the advancement of our society. American needs to be a place for equal opportunity in all areas for everyone. By minimizing the gap between rich and poor or white and black, there will be a change in career development and the careers these people chose to have.

References

Brown, D. (2012). Career information, career counseling, and career development (10th ed., p. 6). Boston: Pearson.