Effects Of Inequality In Fast Food Restaurants

Hall, J.C., Everett, J.E., Hamilton-Mason, J. (2012). Black women talk about workplace stress and how they cope. Journal of black studies 43 (2), 207-26.This article talks about the stressful situation facing African American in the workplace and the strategies they used to manage it. The authors related that the same stress struggling black women in the workplace was among the white female also even though they were experiencing inequality issues on top of the reality. The study was focused on five key terms to explain, the process of racism and sexism in the workplace stressing female African American. The authors elaborated the criteria of hiring or promoting in a diverse workplace as the first key. Secondly, the crucial

Everyday we have social norms that we live up to. There is so many social norms that we are so used to doing that you would have never thought would be a social norm. Some examples include brushing your teeth, saying please and thank you. Although these are things a lot of us do other people may not consider them social norms. Social norms are different everywhere and what society you are coming from.

This proposal will explore two significant issues Black women face in the work place. The first issue involves African American women being less likely to be considered for promotions, in comparison to Caucasian women. The second issue involves African American women receiving less pay than Caucasian women. The theoretical perspective that best understand why these issues exist is the social conflict theory. This theory explains that groups, such as social classes, gender, or race, compete for limited resources, as

In reference to the African American employees, by using the 4/5 ratio, there is evidence of disparate impact discrimination. Reviewing this case, all but three occupational categories, African American employees’ percentiles were less than 80%. The percentages became visibly lower with the higher level job occupations. There was a 2.78% difference between White

The majority of Americans enjoy fast food like bees enjoy their honey. Fast food is hard not to love due to families experiencing fast paced days, parents who work more than 20 hours a week, and having children with picky appetites can be rough. For most American families, it can be a challenge to not consider eating fast food more than once a week. The fast food industry has grown tremendously through the years. The one restaurant that is known all over the world for their golden arches and their big macs is McDonalds. With knowledge and personal experiences, I can say that McDonalds is by far the worst fast food restaurant in America. I believe this due to how unhealthy the food is for our bodies, the disturbing facts about the happy meals, the poor service, and the non-cleanliness of the restaurant.

With the advancement that is available in all fields of work because certain demographics are able to get jobs over others due to race. Minorities aren’t rewarded the same opportunities that other races such as white Americans are rewarded. African Americans have a more difficult road to travel than white Americans. Social inequality may be created or maintained in a variety of ways including prejudice, discrimination, and/or segregation and minorities are being treated unequal (2009). Discrimination refers to the unequal treatment of people because they are members of a particular group (Williams, 2009). Whites have the opportunity to move up every step of the way without having any experience or education while blacks have to have the experience and education along with working hard in the organization. Blacks experience a lot of discrimination in America, but some do not see it the way others do. It is like blacks do not have equal rights with whites and it is a big issue. Yes, racism still exists in Corporate America and that is why people still speak on the

The racial differences in this study showed that African American women and white women both had similar issues for transportation, employment, and housing. The only advantage that was shown in the study was that white women

Post-Civil Rights Movement, the African American community has become dependent on white establishments for employment. Regrettably, “only two percent of all working African Americans work for another African American person within their own neighborhood.” In addition, the unemployment rate of African American men, since integration, has plummeted unrelentingly. Black men presence in the work force was at a staggering seventy-nine percent of the work force (Blackford 150). However, today, that number has declined by fifty-seven percent.

In a 2013 Pew Research Center poll, 46 person of black people reported unfair treatment in stores and restaurants, compared to only 16 percent of white people. As

The person I had chosen to interview is a middle-aged, black, Jamaican woman; I will call Lorna. I had known Lorna for many years now. I had met her while I was working in the operating room as an OR nurse. Lorna came to us a couple of years later, hired for a position of the surgical technologist.

As an African American woman, I have been passed by on a few job opportunities because of the color of my skin. White men make higher wages than African American women. Another example, is when I was in high school and I was

The majority of people in my composition class have jobs--to be exact, seventeen out of twenty-three. The three students who make up my interview group, Jessica, Michanda, and Connor, are part of that statistic. Connor is a lifeguard at Kelly Rec Center and states, "I like it because it's really easy." Jessica also enjoys her job waiting tables at Fish City Grille. When asked why she likes it, she replied, "I love talking to the old people." Jessica highlighted other reasons why she "loves" her job, such as getting half off the food, interesting coworkers, and the simplicity of it. Michanda's job as a customer service representative at Syke's requires her to talk to people too, except over the phone. Since she speaks English, French, and Creole, Michanda assists a variety of callers. French-speaking customers are her favorite because "they just want to know their account balance." Although Connor and Jessica like their jobs, Michanda doesn't care much for hers. She doesn't like dealing with angry customers who "only call to scream at you."

Within the upper echelons of upper management is scant room for African American women. This mini-proposal outlines a research project that focuses on the phenomena of the nominal amount of African American women are in positions of management or organizational leadership within the City of Philadelphia.

4. Is the job in fast-food restaurant exploitative? It yes, in what sense it is exploitative? Please also take into consideration the implementation of minimum wage when illustrating your argument.

Several studies have shown that the increase in fast food restaurants over the past few decades has resulted in a negative impact on the already outrageous obesity rate.According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the number of fast food restaurants over the past thirty years has tripled, which equates to about three hundred thousand establishments in the United States alone. During this time the number of children, ages six to nineteen classified as obese, has risen from five percent to seventeen percent. The percentage of adults classified as obese has risen from half to two-thirds the population. Although fast food restaurants may be a contributing factor to the increasing obesity rate in the United States, people are