blog 29

There is a specific destinction between minority women and white women lawyers. White women deal with trying to adapt to place that they are not normally working at while minority women are struggling to get away from the mistreatment. Part of this also touches upon Sotomayor. White women have to battle with being different as law is nontraditional for females. Minorities have to deal with the different treatment as a female, but also the difference of being a minority includes constant negativity.Sotomayor was viewed negatively due to her ethnicity.
According to the readings the percentage for women in this field is low, but for minority women is even lower at four percent.
Minority women not only have to deal with discrimination of gender but also discrimination against ethnicity. Women are in a constant battle dealing issues of injustice by just accepting these institutionalized inequalities.

The NPR assigned the stereotypes of male professionals assuming that an African American female is automatically assumed to be a secretary, and that they have to deal with the looks on the faces of successful men when a women of color carriers themselves in a way that shows they are in charge. During the interview the lawyer stated that dealing with the biases and stereotypes really wasn’t worth it, especially considering the amount of hours. So the answer really is that it’s not worth it for them to stick around. The interviewee also stated that companies that really value diversity make strong efforts to retain and recruit a diverse organization.