Women of Color & Prejudice

This study will examine and compare conditions of existence for four groups of women of color---Native Americans, Afro-Americans, Asian Americans, and Chicanas. The argument of the study will be that all of the groups suffer dual prejudice, but each group suffers that prejudice in ways unique for women of that group.

The sources consulted make clear that, in general, despite differences among the groups, all women of color suffer discrimination, either overt or covert, which white women and men do not experience. Women of color also suffer greater discrimination than men of color, indicating the fact that American society in general continues to discriminate against women in favor of men.

Zinn and Dill write of their attempt to describe and analyze the fact that "women's lives are shaped as much by relations of dominance based on race and class as those based on gender" (Zinn & Dill, 1994, xi). The other works consulted for this study argue along with Zinn and Dill that women of color meet dual and multiple biases in their lives and work. They agree that women of color suffer political, economic and social injustices as a result of their gender and ethnicity, and that this is a situation which must be addressed and corrected. Women of color are increasingly involved in political and social action which is aimed at improving these conditions. The works consulted are feminist-oriented and all agree that ethnicity among women should not be abandoned for the sake of an assi

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dominated jobs (technical, sales, or administrative support occupations), but even within that limited field they "tend to occupy the lower levels (e.g., file clerk rather than supervisor)." In addition, we read in Segura from Zinn and Dill that like other women of color, but unlike White women and or Chicano men, Chicanas are overrepresented in low-paying. low-status jobs susceptible to seasonal fluctuations, such as domestic workers, cannery workers, and garment factory seamstresses (Zinn & Dill, 1994, 96). This situation of lower status and power in the workplace reflects the fact that Chicana women have lower levels of education and training than do men and Black and Asian women, especially the latter. In part, the lower workplace status is also attributable to the roles and expectations of Chicana women in the home, where such women are expected to be homemakers, raisers of children, and caretakers of men. This secondary, domestic status is translated in the workplace roles and expectations of Chicana women (seamstresses, clerks, and so forth): As women, Chicanas and Mexicanas have family roles that may lessen the time they can make available for their jobs and severely hamper their chances to advance on the job (Zinn &

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