SOC 134 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Underemployment, Executive Order 10925, Executive Order 11246
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Affirmative action became controversial: affirmative action was not new, but for non-whites and women it was, became controversial in 1963 when president kennedy issued executive order 10925, ke(cid:374)(cid:374)ed(cid:455) (cid:272)oi(cid:374)ed the phrase (cid:862)affir(cid:373)ati(cid:448)e a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:863, to treat perspective workers equally. Earnings gap and wage gap: the middle number of the range of earnings of blacks is less than the middle number in the range of earnings for whites, not taking into account hours worked. This earnings gap has been consistent in us history: the wage gap refers to the separation in the earnings of hourly wages. Gender, race and education attainment: black women are at higher risk of unemployment, white (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s wages rose more than black (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s because white women gained well-compensated work. Unemployment: since 1970, the unemployment rate for blacks has been twice that of whites, the unemployment rate always indicates the number of people actively looking for a job.
