1) There are two types of equality in which we view as a society. Those two are Substantive equality and formal equality. According to the Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) their definition of substantive equality is “recognizes that policies and practices put in place to suit the majority of clients may appear to be non-discriminatory but may not address the specific needs of certain groups of people. In effect they may be indirectly discriminatory, creating systemic discrimination” (EOC). The idea of substantive equality is the idea that not everyone is born with the same resources, therefore other people are more fortunate than others. For instance an example of Substantive equality would be two people attempting to get an internship.
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Her ideas in the talks lead to her saying how there is no equality for those people who are incarcerated. Her main idea is that “once you have been branded a felon, you lose all rights” She states this because she says African Americans who have been convicted of a crime struggle with getting a job for most players will not be open to hire criminals which leaves them with the inability to get a job and pay back anything they owe like housing, child support, or anything they own. Once you are branded a criminal you also lose public benefits like food stamps which does not help them one bit. Alexander is arguing that those who are incarcerated lose the ability to be considered for a job since many African Americans have been arrested for minor drug arrest. She states that crime rates have gone down, but incarceration has gone up 1000% so the root of the problem begins with those who have been incarcerated. Once realest from prison if the criminals cannot find a job that is violating their rights and that leads to them with a struggle and go commit a crime since they cannot live a normal life at this …show more content…
They take into account an African American manager and how his job differs from a white man’s job as a manager. For example, at the start of the article his formal equality is violated because he feels like the only reason he was hired is to explain the “interpreter of minority concerns” (Caver 78) since the board did not seem to see him as equal since he had over 15 years of experience and all the questions were diverted towards diversity. Also, he goes into detail when Roberts he African American manger promoted another African American and then hired Marie. Marie was a marketing director who had 15 years of experience and had won three national awards for her work. The merits are there she has the experience and the awards show that she is qualified to get the job, but one of the managers, colleagues had the audacity to go up to him and say “So White people aren’t good enough for you” (Caver 79) Even if it was a joke or not this display shows that the colleague would prefer a white male or female to have gotten the position. Given her track record she is clearly qualified, but the colleague has other ideas on who he would
Her ideas in the talks lead to her saying how there is no equality for those people who are incarcerated. Her main idea is that “once you have been branded a felon, you lose all rights” She states this because she says African Americans who have been convicted of a crime struggle with getting a job for most players will not be open to hire criminals which leaves them with the inability to get a job and pay back anything they owe like housing, child support, or anything they own. Once you are branded a criminal you also lose public benefits like food stamps which does not help them one bit. Alexander is arguing that those who are incarcerated lose the ability to be considered for a job since many African Americans have been arrested for minor drug arrest. She states that crime rates have gone down, but incarceration has gone up 1000% so the root of the problem begins with those who have been incarcerated. Once realest from prison if the criminals cannot find a job that is violating their rights and that leads to them with a struggle and go commit a crime since they cannot live a normal life at this …show more content…
They take into account an African American manager and how his job differs from a white man’s job as a manager. For example, at the start of the article his formal equality is violated because he feels like the only reason he was hired is to explain the “interpreter of minority concerns” (Caver 78) since the board did not seem to see him as equal since he had over 15 years of experience and all the questions were diverted towards diversity. Also, he goes into detail when Roberts he African American manger promoted another African American and then hired Marie. Marie was a marketing director who had 15 years of experience and had won three national awards for her work. The merits are there she has the experience and the awards show that she is qualified to get the job, but one of the managers, colleagues had the audacity to go up to him and say “So White people aren’t good enough for you” (Caver 79) Even if it was a joke or not this display shows that the colleague would prefer a white male or female to have gotten the position. Given her track record she is clearly qualified, but the colleague has other ideas on who he would