The role of Human Resources in workplaces is to create a safe work environment and to handle any disciplinary actions, thus encompassing the concept of “accountability” in theory. However, in reality, the institution of Human Resources is designed as a “saving face”/ to protect the image or reputation of the company. Therefore, complaints made by employees in the context of racial injustice that they experience … Continue reading Section 5: Ineffective Accountability

Research about callbacks from jobs has statistics that indicate how BIPOC folks are being excluded from job opportunities based on their racial background. In the study conducted in “RACE AT WORK: Realities of Race and Criminal Record in the NYC Job Market,” callbacks from employers in a graph depict results of 23 callbacks for white people, 19 callbacks for Latino people, and 13 callbacks for … Continue reading Section 3 & 4: Statistics and Research & Psychological and Physical Impacts

The conversation of workplace racism cannot exist without acknowledging slavery, the exploitation of labor, and capitalism being utilized as a tool to construct this cycle of extracting immeasurable labor under such short pay to keep certain people, corporations in power hoarding wealth, as well as enabling inhumane working conditions for black and brown people. There is an intersection present at hand, between classism and race: … Continue reading Section 2: Historical Context

Professor Angie Beeman PAF 3010: Race Inequality and Public Policy Section 1. Abstract/ Introduction This paper investigates workplace racism alongside its historical overview; the ways in which it takes place, the tolls it takes upon people of color, and how accountability can be held, pulling research from Joe Feagin’s and Karyn D McKinney’s “The Many Costs of Racism”(2003), John K. Bardes’, “Redefining vagrancy: Policing freedom … Continue reading Workplace Racism in America

Public schools should be educational institutions where every student can dream their biggest dreams. However, public schools in America deliberately fail to treat students of different backgrounds equitably and adequately by failing to acknowledge and address various racial, socio-economic, and political oppressions entrenched in our society, thus contributing to increasing educational disparities between students of different backgrounds. In Ladson-Billing’s “Lack of Achievement or Loss of … Continue reading The Failure of the American Schooling System

I was invited to be a panelist at the Rukus Roundtable Talk, regarding data & representation for young women of color. Date/Time: Tuesday, March 29th, from 7 PM to 8 PM (EST) How did you come into your world of research and data collection, and what does research and data collection actually mean to you? I came into it as a youth organizer (for years … Continue reading Rukus Roundtable: Data & Representation

The Preamble to the Constitution stresses popular sovereignty as the primary system of governance for the nation. The founding fathers strategically laid out a democratic republic, where people have a say in what laws govern the nation through electing representatives that advocate for a particular agenda. These representatives, who ideally come from communities across the nation, utilize their position to “ordain and establish this Constitution … Continue reading A New Administration

Dear NYC Representatives and Leaders, Through the outbreak of the COVID-19, this pandemic precisely shone a light on the ills that already predominately existed in many communities- but this time- it is being televised more than ever before. With low income communities in NYC such as Queens, the Bronx, areas in Brooklyn, Manhattan, all the boroughs that make up our diverse cities, I know that … Continue reading Black Lives Matter: A Letter To NYC Politicians

Bangladeshi garment workers receive a wage of 5,300 taka (2014) or 68 U.S. Dollars (54 Euros) a month. This is nearly five times below the Bangladeshi standard monthly living wage of 25,687 taka (332 USD; 262 EUR) (Stotz, n.d.).  This reveals the massive amount of poverty-stricken individuals that are struggling to survive in Bangladesh. This becomes problematic as millions of Bangladeshi people are unable to … Continue reading The Horrible Labor Conditions and Underpayment of Bangladeshi Garment Workers

I started this blog to share some of the research and writing I have done at Baruch College. I am an avid advocate for social justice issues and I am sharing some of the works regarding that criteria. I am very passionate to present my ideas with you and I really hope you enjoy reading my work. Please feel free to leave comments! Continue reading Welcome to my blog!