Group 6 Blog/7.2

Part One: Our portion of the textbook we chose deals with unfairness in the workplace.  This can deal with gender, minorities, ethnicity, etc.  Our skit that we are performing deals with two women who are applying for the same job.  One woman is African American, while the other is white.  The African American woman clearly has more experience with the job qualifications, while the other does not really have enough of anything to back up her experience.  The person who is interviewing them is a male, which plays a huge part in our skit.  The white woman ends up getting the job, even though the other candidate is much more suitable for the position.
An article that we found that deals with unfairness in the workplace is this:

The Article is: “How men and women differ in the workplace”. The Fiscal Times by drew gannon. May 25, 2012.

It basically states that men are told to act like women in the workplace. This means that they are taught to try to be understanding and caring for their other employees, which usually does not happen that way. Many people do not know that gender roles do exist and play an influential role. More women enter in the workplace then men do, but men are still sought out to be superior. Why is that? Some roles that women excel in within the work place are: 1. being a team player, 2. being very persuasive, 3. They like a challenge, and 4. They are honest and hard workers. The roles of a man are 1. Early adopters to technology, 2. Ask for what they want, 3.wing it, 4. Make friends in high places.

Part Two: Sources: http://articles.latimes.com/2007/may/09/business/fi-writer9

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/24/the_image_of_black_women_in_entertainmen

                When it comes to television writers, according to Richard Verrier, only 10% of minorities were accounted for between 1999 and 2005. Only 6% made up the number of screenwriters for film. In comparison to white male writers, the amount of income is significantly lower for minorities. The median income for minorities was at a staggering $83,334, while white males made on average $118,357, almost a third more. This shows how progressively slow the film and television industry is when it comes to deviating from white male dominance in creating content.

Even in front of the camera, it remains difficult to create characters in minority roles because audiences are easy to point out noticeable stereotypes. In this article by Michael Langston Moore, he examines the role of black women in recent films, stating that even then, they are still written by whites. He points out that black women aren’t being casted as the romantic female leads opposite of black male leads, particularly in the films Training Day and Hitch, because they have been reduced to being seen as eye-candy and are “incapable of being seen as a girlfriend, wife, FBI agent, or hero.” When it comes to television, Moore states that most black women are portrayed as sex objects in reality shows and music videos because they were written to be portrayed that way.

 However, he does present the argument that white women are represented in the same light in other reality shows. The problem is they are also represented differently and rationally on other programs as privileged characters with credible jobs in, for example, law enforcement and medical services, positions not seen as often for black women on television, according to Moore. It is an imbalance. And because of this underrepresentation, stereotypes are formed and continue to linger in society. The author compares the much needed “breakthrough” of positive images of black women on television to The Cosby Show’s portrayals of improved standards of living from shows such as Good Times and Diff’rent Strokes, in which black characters were shown as deprived.

Part Three:
 


 This clip shows how two girls and their families deal with the same issue differently. The white female has her older brother who is open to speak with her about the topic of sex. While the black female's brother is more aggressive about the issue and less willing to talk to her about it. This clip also represents another way men are usually represented as superior to females by having the males play the older brothers who appear more wise.

Part Four: This issue is extremely important because it decides who is qualified for what type of job or position in an unfair way.  Our skit alone shows someone who went to school and graduated with a degree competing for a job with someone who has little experience and losing to that person.  All because of color.  It is an issue that is very much a part of our society today.