As for the women topic as a whole, it is crazy how many women are being discriminated against, in the work place, and in everyday society. According to the book, "women are among the most poor in the United States" (Hillier and Barrow, 2007). This is shocking to me considering that we have equal rights now for many many years. With that being said, this is a reason that over fifty percent of women who are sixty-five and older are on welfare. This is a shocking statistic to hear because it should not be that way, that number is way to high.
As for ethnicities in America it is still unequal and discrimination is happening all over the country. To me it seems that it is in the older generations to be more discriminatory of different races, because that is the generation that they grew up in. With that said, the older generation is discriminated against daily, it is a sad thing to see happening to elders of different races and ethnicities. This chapter really opened my eyes to all the bad that goes on with women and different ethnicities.
Hillier, S.M. and Barrow, G.M. (2007). Aging, the individual and society. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth.
It is crazy that woman are not quite equal yet. However, just to throw it out there, and I'm not saying it's okay that women are not paid equally. However, men do have to pay higher rates on car insurance, health insurance, and other insurances. I found this interesting and some food for thought. Discrimination is wrong no matter how you color it and woman should be equal to men even if that means raising what we pay for insurance along with our paychecks.
ReplyDeleteAs you stated you feel as though older generation are more discriminatory and/or racist because that is the way they were raised. I can see that as well. I know that my grandfather has a hard time with interracial dating. He will never say any of that out loud or be overtly racist but his feelings are there and those are hard to change. It's hard enough being old, it's even harder if you are discriminated against because of your race. This has got to stop.