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Income inequality in America has been growing rapidly, and is expected to increase [PDF]. While the widening wealth gap is a hot topic in the media and on the campaign trail, there's quite a disconnect between the perceptions of economists and those of the general public.
For instance, surveys show people tend to underestimate the income disparity between the top and bottom 20% of Americans, and overestimate the opportunity for poor individuals to climb the social ladder. Additionally, a majority of adults believe that corporations conduct business fairly despite evidence to the contrary and that the government should not act to reduce income inequality.
Even though inequality is increasing, Americans seem to believe that our social and economic systems work exactly as they should. This perspective has intrigued social scientists for decades. My colleague Andrei Cimpian and I have demonstrated in our recent research that these beliefs that our society is fair and just may take root in the first years of life, stemming from our fundamental desire to explain the world around us.
http://theconversation.com/lifes-not-fair-so-why-do-we-assume-it-is-45981
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday September 10 2015, @10:52PM
Funny thing is, I've seen HR actually support these policies. I once pointed out that my immediate boss only hires white males for tech positions, and uses only brown males for support, or help. "Human relations" supported my boss by claiming that she had personally interviewed all of these brown males, and found that they were "unqualified".
Basically, the crotch biting SOB that I work for can write a job requirement for a position that excludes anyone he wants to exclude.
We have a black man in production right now, who wants to transfer to maintenance. His experience is better than my own. His education is about equal to my own. His specific experience isn't a perfect match for the work we do, but hey, unless we raid other companies in the same industry, we simply will not find perfect matches. I really, really, really want this big black guy to work with me. My boss? He finds all manner of stupid bullshit reasons why the man wouldn't work out.
Bottom line, he ain't hiring any non-white to fill a tech position. End of story. It's alright to have a black or brown man mop the floor, but no way is he fit to work on machinery.
Fucking IGNORANT!
And, the bitch in HR tacitly supports this attitude.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 11 2015, @05:55AM
>>Fucking IGNORANT!
>>And, the bitch in HR tacitly supports this attitude.
Why can't they be tolerant, classy individuals like yourself?