Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Race and Sex Discrimination Report
One out of five workers in the U.S. claims that racial or ethnic discrimination exists in the workplace, according to a national survey by Hudson.
According to report, employees say that they know of someone who has been denied a job, increased pay or promotion because of their ethnicity. That figure jumps to 31 percent for African-American workers, yet drops to 18 percent among white employees.
Here is a table from the report:
Percent Workers All Workers Men Women White / Black/
Caucasian African
American
Know someone who
has been adversely
affected due to
Race or Ethnicity 20% 19% 21% 18% 31%
Know someone who
has been adversely
affected due to Gender 23% 20% 27% 22% 34%
Employer Actively
Promotes Diversity 64% 63% 65% 69% 46%
One in Five U.S. Workers Reports Racial and Gender Discrimination Exists in the Workplace
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