November Blog Post - Lauren Abel

This month one of the things that we talked about was racial discrimination in companies.  We read an article about how Coca Cola, specifically, is a company that this has so many racial discrimination problems.  This is an issue that I did not realize was still so prevalent, especially in such big companies.  I think that this problem is something that is not talked about very often and because of that there has not been very much action trying to fix it.  

The article states, "This case explores norms and practices of radical discrimination at Coca-Cola, which limited the contributions and the pay of African American employees.  According to the case, the hostile work environment also created unusually high rates of stress-related illnesses, such as depression, among the employees.”  This quote illustrates a very broad overview of the issue.  The article goes on to talk about all of the different and more specific pars of this problem.  Things that go on in these factories is everything from less pay for African Americans to employers treating them unfairly simply based on their color. 

More recently this is a problem that has been brought to the courts and people are starting to file law suits against Coco-Cola for their unfair treatment and racial discrimination.  However because they are such a big company and they are such a wealthy company they very easily are able to pay the people who are filing law suits against them and come to some sort of settlement.  The issue that I see with this is the settlements are never very much for Coca-Cola to pay.  It is a lot of money but not for a multi million-dollar company.  These settlements do not effect the company at all and they are able to continue to treat the employees the way that they want.  No new laws are put into place and no disciplinary action is ever taken to Coca-Cola and I think that is a really big problem.  Another company that I found in my research who has dealt with law suits in regards to racial discrimination is Wal Mart, and again they are able to easily pay of these law suits and continue to treat employees the way that they see fit.

Racial discrimination in these large companies is something that I have never thought of being an issue.  It is never in the news and it is not something that we talk about so for young people or for people who have never heard any of this it comes at kind of a shock.  I come as a shock to me because I look at racial discrimination in our county as something that is beginning to be less and less of an issue.  Of course, we still see racial discrimination sometimes but I think our country is so against allowing that behavior to occur and so it is shocking to hear that this is something that is still such a prevalent problem within such large companies. 

It is so saddening because I believe that we are past that part in our country’s history and we need to not allow racial discrimination to continue to exist in the workplace. 

This month one of the things that we talked about was racial discrimination in companies.  We read an article about how Coca Cola, specifically, is a company that this has so many racial discrimination problems.  This is an issue that I did not realize was still so prevalent, especially in such big companies.  I think that this problem is something that is not talked about very often and because of that there has not been very much action trying to fix it.  

The article states, "This case explores norms and practices of radical discrimination at Coca-Cola, which limited the contributions and the pay of African American employees.  According to the case, the hostile work environment also created unusually high rates of stress-related illnesses, such as depression, among the employees.”  This quote illustrates a very broad overview of the issue.  The article goes on to talk about all of the different and more specific pars of this problem.  Things that go on in these factories is everything from less pay for African Americans to employers treating them unfairly simply based on their color. 

More recently this is a problem that has been brought to the courts and people are starting to file law suits against Coco-Cola for their unfair treatment and racial discrimination.  However because they are such a big company and they are such a wealthy company they very easily are able to pay the people who are filing law suits against them and come to some sort of settlement.  The issue that I see with this is the settlements are never very much for Coca-Cola to pay.  It is a lot of money but not for a multi million-dollar company.  These settlements do not effect the company at all and they are able to continue to treat the employees the way that they want.  No new laws are put into place and no disciplinary action is ever taken to Coca-Cola and I think that is a really big problem.  Another company that I found in my research who has dealt with law suits in regards to racial discrimination is Wal Mart, and again they are able to easily pay of these law suits and continue to treat employees the way that they see fit.

Racial discrimination in these large companies is something that I have never thought of being an issue.  It is never in the news and it is not something that we talk about so for young people or for people who have never heard any of this it comes at kind of a shock.  I come as a shock to me because I look at racial discrimination in our county as something that is beginning to be less and less of an issue.  Of course, we still see racial discrimination sometimes but I think our country is so against allowing that behavior to occur and so it is shocking to hear that this is something that is still such a prevalent problem within such large companies. 

It is so saddening because I believe that we are past that part in our country’s history and we need to not allow racial discrimination to continue to exist in the workplace. 

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