Throughout the 1920’s, racism and sexism held a major role in society to now where the civil rights movement has made more progress, by 2112, there will be little to no gap with wage, more interracial couples and complete racial equality.
Fitzgerald’s message about racism and sexism was that it was prominent social construct in that time period illustrating with Tom’s character. With Tom, he would tear down others during his process of becoming successful. By him being white, he saw himself as superior to other races and women. Tom claims that white people are “the dominant race” and everyone has to “watch out” because “other races will have control of things” (Fitzgerald 16). In this time period, people of color were not seen as equal but had their voice heard from the noise they would make. Tom feels that his race is under fire and will lose their hold on things, things such as government and politics.
Tom also references a book in the novel The Rise of the Colored Empires by a person named Goddard which is a direct reference to a real book called The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by someone with the last name Stoddard. Tom mentions this book by talking about how “the …show more content…
In 2015, a bill was passed that ensured equal pay among both sexes. As of 2014, the “wage gap in California stood at 16 cents on the dollar.” Combined, “women working full time in California lose approximately $33,650,294,544 each year due to the gender wage gap.” The Senate Bill No. 358 was made as an act to amend §1197.5 of the Labor Code to have “an employer…not pay any of its employees at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of the opposite sex for substantially similar work” and instead have a “bona fide factor other than sex, such as education, training, or experience” to determine how much an individual makes. The push for women’s equality and rights has existed for many years, and only just recently had a little light shine upon
Fitzgerald’s message about racism and sexism was that it was prominent social construct in that time period illustrating with Tom’s character. With Tom, he would tear down others during his process of becoming successful. By him being white, he saw himself as superior to other races and women. Tom claims that white people are “the dominant race” and everyone has to “watch out” because “other races will have control of things” (Fitzgerald 16). In this time period, people of color were not seen as equal but had their voice heard from the noise they would make. Tom feels that his race is under fire and will lose their hold on things, things such as government and politics.
Tom also references a book in the novel The Rise of the Colored Empires by a person named Goddard which is a direct reference to a real book called The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by someone with the last name Stoddard. Tom mentions this book by talking about how “the …show more content…
In 2015, a bill was passed that ensured equal pay among both sexes. As of 2014, the “wage gap in California stood at 16 cents on the dollar.” Combined, “women working full time in California lose approximately $33,650,294,544 each year due to the gender wage gap.” The Senate Bill No. 358 was made as an act to amend §1197.5 of the Labor Code to have “an employer…not pay any of its employees at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of the opposite sex for substantially similar work” and instead have a “bona fide factor other than sex, such as education, training, or experience” to determine how much an individual makes. The push for women’s equality and rights has existed for many years, and only just recently had a little light shine upon