Race in the Federal Workforce
The Federal workforce is comprised of the civilians who are not elected but still work in public sectors of the government. These citizens total to around eight million and help our communities function by doing everything from teaching our children to protecting our borders. Some of these jobs are attainable through basic high school education, but most require a college degree. Yet, with a wide variety of millions of jobs, whites still make up 65% of the employees. Blacks make up around 18%, and Hispanics follow up with around 8%. Although this does not mean the federal system is fundamentally racist, it does show a large race gap. The large race gap could make it harder for minorities to find jobs within our public sectors. Those already working in the public sector could discriminate against minorities working in it as well, making it harder for minorities to move up in the public sector. Although this statistic is not widely known within our society, I believe it is something to keep in mind, as our laws say our country is equal, but there is still discrimination in our society and workforce.
I agree with you. I think that there is a large race gap that separates whites and minorities. I think that as more first generation minorities start going to college and getting college degrees, however, that this will start to bring about change. I think it is so unfair that there is such a huge race gap between whites and minorities. More minorities should be able to get good jobs, and I think we as a society could do a much better job of making it possible for them.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Rocky. Although things have gotten substantially better over the decades. I feel that there is still a significant race gap in the formal sector of federal employment. There has been a lot of research done on the employment of people not just in the federal workforce and their findings I feel like also apply in this scenario. A black person with better credentials and qualifications may not be hired due to explicit or implicit bias. (nowadays most likely implicit bias). Attached is a study found by Vox that things have not changed as much as we thought they have.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.vox.com/identities/2017/9/18/16307782/study-racism-jobs
Very interesting point here. I think this has become even more talked about under our current presidents time in office it has become a very important subject that has become very popular. The lives of federal workers changed radically when President Trump took office as he pledged to ¨Drain the swamp¨ , this extremely inhumane attitude has resulted in the administration becoming full of vacancies. After a year-and-a-half, more than a quarter of the high-level government jobs requiring U.S. Senate confirmation still have not been filled. At the same time, the administration has moved to make it easier to fire federal employees, weaken their unions and cut their pensions.
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