> I don't see why this is unequal nowadays for women or other minorities
In the United States, women's median income is still 77% of men's median income. (And, yes, before you bring up all the various stupid talking points, that figure accounts for all the various factors like taking time out of a career to raise kids etc. etc. US government statistics account for all those kinds of differences and still show a gender pay gap that is closing very, very slowly.)
According to a 2003 study, white workers earn approximately 14% more than black workers in the United States across all sectors.
Only six of the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are black, only 20 are women.
Prisons in the United States hold six million people, a 772% increase from 1970 to 2009. The War on Drugs has heavily targeted minority black communities. 40% of the prison population is black despite only making up 12% of the national population. We've seen the story countless times before: shitty schools, no economic opportunities, so crime becomes the only option and prison the only solution. If you don't think there is a heavily racialized component to how the prison system works in the United States, you don't understand the prison system in the United States.
And despite all the stories about "the pink dollar", gay men get paid less than their heterosexual counterparts.
In the United Kingdom, according to figures by the Office of National Statistics, women are paid 14.9% less than men.
Tell me again how men and women are equal and how we are living in a post-racial, post-discriminatory society where we are all equal.
In the United States, women's median income is still 77% of men's median income. (And, yes, before you bring up all the various stupid talking points, that figure accounts for all the various factors like taking time out of a career to raise kids etc. etc. US government statistics account for all those kinds of differences and still show a gender pay gap that is closing very, very slowly.)
According to a 2003 study, white workers earn approximately 14% more than black workers in the United States across all sectors.
Only six of the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are black, only 20 are women.
Prisons in the United States hold six million people, a 772% increase from 1970 to 2009. The War on Drugs has heavily targeted minority black communities. 40% of the prison population is black despite only making up 12% of the national population. We've seen the story countless times before: shitty schools, no economic opportunities, so crime becomes the only option and prison the only solution. If you don't think there is a heavily racialized component to how the prison system works in the United States, you don't understand the prison system in the United States.
And despite all the stories about "the pink dollar", gay men get paid less than their heterosexual counterparts.
In the United Kingdom, according to figures by the Office of National Statistics, women are paid 14.9% less than men.
Tell me again how men and women are equal and how we are living in a post-racial, post-discriminatory society where we are all equal.