Friday, April 23, 2010

Post 4

a passage of my article

Racism is a problem that still exists in this day and age. All though racism is frowned upon, people still continue to indulge it. Racism can be shown in many forms, through slavery, hatred and unspeakable crimes and even through rejection. All though there is no more slavery in the United States; there is still racial and social inequality


In the New York Times article, “In Job Hunt, College Degree Can’t Close Racial Gap” Michael Luo quotes The Journal of Labor Economics “Discrimination in many cases many not even be intentional, some job seekers pointed out, but simply a matter of people gravitating toward similar people, casting about for the right “cultural fit,” a buzzword often heard in corporate circles.” What the quote is saying is, employers not always looking to discriminate but subconsciously it does happen. The excuse or term they give to be political correct and not accuse of being racist is cultural fit.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Post 3

Topic 2:

It is important to worry about rising inequality because economical inequality leads to social inequality. In Paul Krugman's Confronting Inequality, sociaL inequality is common because alot of families in america can't afford expensive lifestyles, causing families to change there social classes.

i would agree with the statement that " people get rewarded for their effort," if it was true.There are some people out there, who work 3 jobs a week struggling to support their families, and there is no asureance that their job is safe from other people looking to work for a lower wage. Or people who working to hard for companiese, that know they can take advantage of this, because the workers can't afford to quit.
People can't afford expensive lifestlye because they need every penny they have to survive and to save up. Inequality affects everyone because everyone is struggling to survive. So everyone is going job hunting and making it harder to get jobs, and even when we do get the jobs, they pay us low because there is alot of other workers to pay.