Diversity hats are hats that show you embrace and respect each individual who may be different, remaining from being prejudice. Not every person can obtain one as being diverse means so much more than just saying it. You have to show it thru your actions by understanding and appreciating each person’s culture, way of life, and natural environment. Obtaining one of these hats can be easy or difficult as making sure you observe what’s going on around you, pay attention to things that may not always seem right, and lastly always think before you act. Badger states “by 2040 at that moment, non-Hispanic whites will make up less than 50 percent of the U.S. population. And groups that we now consider "minorities" will collectively make up the largest
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A couple of issues include access discrimination, treatment discrimination, and unemployment and earnings disparities. First and foremost access discrimination is when people are denied access to jobs. This can happen to either male or female, as employers who have strong gender-role stereotypes are more prone to show access discrimination. Treatment discrimination is when someone is hired they get a job based on their race, sex, belief, age. This has happened a lot in the workplace as many employees are treated differently based on their race or sex. Lastly we have unemployment and earnings disparities, which have shown to be a huge issue in the United States. Plummer states “the black unemployment rate has consistently been twice as high as the white unemployment rate for 50 years”. This goes to show that we still have issues to overcome, as many African Americans are unemployed and household income between blacks and whites show a huge difference in earnings. Although wearing diversity hats can be an issue at times there are things we can do to address to these issues.
Some recommendations are get and wear your diversity hat. Also to observe what’s going on around you and around the world. Think about certain things before you act, don’t judge a person based on their race or sex. Base your opinion on whether the person has the right requirements for the
A couple of issues include access discrimination, treatment discrimination, and unemployment and earnings disparities. First and foremost access discrimination is when people are denied access to jobs. This can happen to either male or female, as employers who have strong gender-role stereotypes are more prone to show access discrimination. Treatment discrimination is when someone is hired they get a job based on their race, sex, belief, age. This has happened a lot in the workplace as many employees are treated differently based on their race or sex. Lastly we have unemployment and earnings disparities, which have shown to be a huge issue in the United States. Plummer states “the black unemployment rate has consistently been twice as high as the white unemployment rate for 50 years”. This goes to show that we still have issues to overcome, as many African Americans are unemployed and household income between blacks and whites show a huge difference in earnings. Although wearing diversity hats can be an issue at times there are things we can do to address to these issues.
Some recommendations are get and wear your diversity hat. Also to observe what’s going on around you and around the world. Think about certain things before you act, don’t judge a person based on their race or sex. Base your opinion on whether the person has the right requirements for the