My mother attended college thinking if she had a college education, she would be able to make more money. This wasn t always the case. Wage gap can be defined as pay differences that are based on one s gender, race or class. These are caused by differences in education, labor force experience and mostly to discrimination because of gender and race. The most noticeable wage gaps are found between men and women.
Race is another factor that creates and maintains the wage gap in America.
My mom is a property appraiser at the court house in Tampa. She s been in the job for almost 15 years and has a Master s degree in business administration. In her work group, white men with only a high school education got paid more than she did. Plus, she got most of the work while others got less assignments. She brought it up to the news media, and the administrator was released.