1. Discrimination and other Issues at Paid Work
Chapter 4
Discrimination and other Issues at Paid Work

2. Discrimination
1) Discrimination is when an employer provides unequal opportunities to protected groups.
For example, study of racial discrimination that shows white ex con are called back 17% of the time, but crime-free black applicants only 14%. Yet, white people, when surveyed, don’t believe that racial disc. Exists.
2) In this country, discrimination is illegal against….
But protected against which group?

3. Discrimination 3) Discrimination comes in two types:
Hiring
Promotion
4) Discrimination is difficult to prevent
It is hard to prove – It is legal to make it difficult
The government does not provide enough resources to ensure non discrimination

4. Discrimination 5) Causes for Hiring Discrimination
(when employers refuse to hire certain groups for certain jobs)
A) Statistical discrimination
B) Gender/Race typing
C) Job Sex/Race Segregation
D) Networks
E) Homosocial Reproduction

5. Tokenism Visibility Performance Pressures Dominant Culture Boundaries
Symbolic Consequences: Representing whole group
Dominant Culture Boundaries
Exaggeration of Dominant’s Culture
Interruptions
Information Isolation
Loyalty Tests
Role Encapsulation
Status Leveling
Woman’s Slot
Stereotypical Roles: Mother, Pet, Iron Maiden, Seductress

6. Discrimination 6) Causes for Pay and Promotion Discrimination
A) Tokenism
B) HR
C) Networking
D) Glass Ceiling and Sticky Floor
E) Sexual Harassment
Quid pro quo
Hostile Working Environment
F) Racial Harassment
G) Comparable Worth Discrimination

7. Solutions to Discrimination
Statistical discrimination
Gender/race typing
Job sex/race segregation
Homosocial reproduction
Networking
Affirmative Action
What is AA: Executive Order. Only effects businesses accepting money from the government.
Doesn’t require quotas
Two biggest complaints about AA:
Reverse Discrimination – This assumes that: every job is filled by qualified white men; tests measure qualification; hiring is an objective process in which we know who is BEST.
Preferential Treatment -- This assumes that preferential treatment benefiting white men does not exist. Is this true? In colleges, there is preferential treatment towards alumnis.