Since the U.S. got such a late start on treating every person as an equal, they have trying to catch up and make things equal and just for all. At this point in time though I do not think they have done everything possible for women and minorities. The progress is slow and is predicted to be slow in the future. Until you can convince everyone, that men, women, and minorities are all equal then the problem cannot be fixed.

In the early days of the country, women were allowed to do nothing but the work around the house and take care of the kids. They slowly progressed and eventually were given factory jobs, but even though they did the same work , they were still paid less than the males. By 1994, women controlled forty-six percent of the work force, but are only

Women and minorities today also continue to earn less than the male, on average. In today’s work force, men, on the average, make six-hundred eighteen dollars a week to a woman’s four-hundred seventy three dollars. To break it down even more white women make four hundred eighty three dollars per week, black women four hundred forty five, and Hispanic women three hundred eighty five.

The government doesn’t tell us to discriminate. This is done by the things that we see in the media, and the way that our elders and peers teach us to view the minority, and in some cases the majority. If the close minded people would just open their eyes and see that sex, color, and race have really no bearing on how well a person can perform then this problem would be fixed. It is hard to break stereotypes and even harder to change the concrete beliefs of someone. But, with the slow but sure progress that we are making maybe one day we will live in a society that is not based of race, sex and color. Hopefully we will live in one that is based on the performance and who is most qualified.

expected to control forty-eight percent in the year 2008. ( U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment & Earnings). This illustrates how they climb to equality is a slow one, but with enough time it can be reached. Women of today occupy many of the common jobs that we see, such as, receptionist, and teachers. They are still held back from the high level cooperate jobs and jobs that require a lot of physical labor. In chart number “1” at the back of the report, you will be able to see the twenty top occupations that women occupy in the U.S. As you will be able to see many of these jobs are low level and there is not much room for advancement.

Over the years the government has learned from mistakes it made in the past in dealing with the issue of equality

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