She s been in that 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. Unfortunately, that didn t change her wages.
Race is another factor that creates and maintains the wage gap in America.
In America, class determines whether you will go to college and get a good paying job. Class also determines what neighborhoods you live in and even how long you will live. Racism adds yet another dimension to the gaps between wealth and power in America and helps to prevent movement form, for example, lower class to middle to upper class. I m hoping that through basketball, I can get a good education like my mom, and if I m lucky enough to be able to play at the next level, I will be able to experience that movement from lower to middle to maybe even upper class.