U Think African Americans or Hispanics Make Less Money & Less Promotions than Whites on the Job?

Question

Do you think African Americans and Hispanics make less money or get promoted less than Whites in the coporate job place. If so, what is your logic? If not, what logic supports this claim. Also, do you feel that a white supervisor is more likely or less to be-friend his minority employees more than white employees or vice versa?

Answer 1

I think that whites do get more opportunities than blacks and hispanics. That being said, I have yet to work with a hard working black. I am not saying there isn't any, I know that their are plenty who do. Just that the limited amount that I have worked with have not given their race a good reputation. I have also worked with some very unmotivated whites as well as some drugged up whites. Most all hispanics I have met work their nuts off. They do not play around. I think the reason they do not get promoted or make less money would be hard to limit to a couple of things, but one big one would be lack of education, for whatever reason. Social or economical. I don't think that is totally a race factor. If you are born into a low social class, growing out of that class is not easy. White, black, hispanic, indian...whatever. If you are born with a silver spoon in your mouth and your daddy puts you through higher education, when you graduate all of your dad's rich friends become valuable refrences. Plus you are almost predetermined to have been raised with an 'I'm gonna succeed no matter what' attitude.
As far as the supervisor issue goes, I know that I personally would befriend anybody who did their job great and didn't cause me any grief. I want to see people succeed no matter what. That is just how I am. But that is just me. I am for sure that for every person that thinks like I do, there is someone else that is only out for themselves or has racialy motivated decisons.

Answer 2

Most companies try to hire minorities so they can be more diverse(it looks good on the books).As far as who is tuffer to work for, I would say a minority working for a minority. I am white and used to have a black boss,he was hard on everyone that worked for him,very demanding. He was much harder on other black people when he found them slacking on the job than he was white people.The reason was because he expected more from them. This may sound racist in a way, but I don't think it was at all. He was the only Black supervisor in our entire division when he started. Now we have about 20 Black people working in management, almost every one of them promoted from his departments by upper management. He is second in charge of the entire division now. I have seen this man fire both Black & white people for making racist comments. It all depends on how you look at the whole thing.Was he being a racist? Or trying to teach others how to get ahead and get the promotion through disipline. Also I don't believe in being politicaly correct ( African American ,Caucasion, etc). There are Black people in Austrailia too. Personally I am more of a Heintz 57 lol. I hope this doesn't offend ,and maybe even helps.

Answer 3

Actually I think the blend often benefits both races. Have you seen Alicia Keys, Goapele, Leona Lewis, Vanessa Williams, and America's president lately? I don't personally understand the Halle love but she has been called the most beautiful woman in the world so she must be doing something right. I know these are all celebrities but many every day mixed people are gorgeous. People are just people, you can't "dilute" blood or weaken it. If anything, diveristy in a gene pool will make it stronger which is why so many mulattos and mutts are such successful individuals.

Answer 4

I think it is harder for minorities to get promoted from entry-level factory work to supervisor positions. The reason for this is that a lot of the entry level positions are filled by people who have not become completely fluent in English. Also, factories are just miserable places to work in my opinion. Low level managers sometimes have the flexibility to let personal prejudices influence their decisions.

From what I have heard, corporate jobs are much better in regards to promoting minorities. The reason for this is that high level management tends to focus on who can best help the company build a better future.

I don't think it is a good idea for a supervisor to befriend employees. I don't think race comes into this; I think it is just a lack of professionalism.

Answer 5

I have worked in corporate America. Their is definitely a glass ceiling for minorities. Their is also a feeling once hired that you are filling an invisible quota...the truth is that the reason these things exist is because getting a job is hard. 98% of people get jobs through recommendations. most people recommend those who are their friends. unless you have a diverse group of friends, you will more than likely recommend someone of your own race!!

To answer your second ?...I think it depends on the supervisor. I have had some who are fair and balanced, and have some who are like"what up dog"...I listen to hip hop"...at first I used to get offend, but now I understand they are just trying to bridge the gap that they feel exist between us....the truth is the gap only exist in their minds...

One Love!!

Answer 6

I think this is not on a race issue it is a gender issue. Women make less than men across the board, so if a black man makes 100,000 a yr. a woman will make an average of 20% less than him, even if their education and exp. is the same. I don't think is is just a race concern, it is the taught/ belief that white MEN and just men in general make better employees.

Answer 7

yes,no on average whites are better qualified than minorities, education and prior experience, don't play the race card. nowadays large company's are so overly sensitive to lawsuits they over promote( minorities, women, disabled,40+ year olds are all considered a "protected class" in the USA) ,over more qualified whites, just to make their quota in case a lawsuit is brought against the company, they can prove they are an equal opportunity employer.

We can be friends with whomever we choose.ho say the boss can't be black? The CEO at my company is Black african/american

Answer 8

African American and Hispanics are less educated and therefore make less money and have fewer promotions.

If you control for the level of education, the opportunities are the same. Supervisors who discriminate in the year 2006 won't make it far in his/her career.

Answer 9

Are you talking percentagewise based on population levels or percentagewise based on how many of a certain race are in the company or just straight numbers? The premise of the last question is rather racist assuming one can group people's reactions to others based on their race alone.

Answer 10

yes, i do think they get promoted less...i don't have logic for it. I just notice it in my work place as well as in other organizations. This of course, is a very general question.