Current+Issues

  CURRENT RACIAL/FEMININE PROBLEMS FACING AMERICA TODAY Women:  · Care giving Responsibilities - Women in America have a high labor force participation. They are the primary caregivers to the young, elderly, and infirmed. Maternity leave for women is sparing. Today it is difficult for women to balance work and their care giving responsibilities. Some jobs can be too demanding for women to balance both, such as a doctor. · Inadequate Income - The average woman earns $26,324. In 1999, 72 cents of a working man's dollar was the equivalent to a woman's earning. The imbalance of income is because of the different jobs offered to men and women. Jobs held by women usually have a lower income than jobs held by men. To equalize the imbalance, ten million working women must change jobs with ten million working men. · Affordable Housing - Because many women earn less money than men, they are unable to support a family on their own sufficiently. In the last ten years, rent has risen 75% and income has risen 47%. This resulted in a higher rate of homeless women.

African-Americans: · Black Anti-Intellectualism - In a classroom setting, some Americans will tell African-Americans to "act white." This results in weakening education as the road to advancement. It also causes the African-Americans to lose their heritage. · Radical Relativism - Black leaders do not criticize obscene behavior of people such as Puff Daddy, O.J. Simpson, and Dennis Rodman. When the black leaders do not interfere with such obscene behavior, it makes it okay for others to participate. It also gives white Americans the opportunity to look down on African-Americans. It causes many white Americans to lose respect for them.