Wealth Gap Widens Between Whites & Minorities. Will We Ever See The Gap Close? (interview, racism)

[artsyguy]

Ask for a raise??? You don't just ask for a raise and instantly get it. It's up to the CFO manager to decide what I get or do not get.

Personal hygiene and personality do not equate to making more money. It's about what the CFO decides is best similar to paternalism.

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

maybe its your pesonality,,or lack of

maybe its your personal hygene

maybe you are too timid to ask for a raise


lots of varibles out there

[workingclasshero]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

Ask for a raise??? You don't just ask for a raise and instantly get it. It's up to the CFO manager to decide what I get or do not get.

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it is up to YOU to ask for what you THINK you are worth..and yes your boss will pay you what HE thinks is your worth to him (his company)

but you have to have the nuts to ask for the raise...or you will never get one

[C.C]

Originally Posted by thewitchisback

Nope..Asians have fallen below whites in the latest study median income of $78,066 for Asians compared to $113,149 for whites

Where did you get those numbers? The 2009 census shows white median family income of $54K, Asian $65K...

[Edit] - Correction: Household income, not family...

[Jermaine88]

Originally Posted by BigFish2

There's no obligation to our nation to "close the wealth gaps" ... if people want to make more money they need to go to school and look for a job. End of story.

Could not have said it any better myself.

[artsyguy]

I can tell you were poorly educated.

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

but you have to have the nuts to ask for the raise...or you will never get one

[oz in SC]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

I have a master's degree and no prison record nor do I have a drug record. Why is my job barely paying me anything?

Master's degree in what exactly?

[AuDiBelle]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

I have a master's degree and no prison record nor do I have a drug record. Why is my job barely paying me anything?

Aww, another "poor me, I suck so it must be someone else's fault" post. Maybe it's your career choice. What's your degree in? A field that traditionally pays very little? Maybe it's your communication style or attention to detail. Here's an idea, go to http://www.salary.com and enter in your job title and see what salary data comes up and where you fall on the bell curve for your field. If you're more than one standard deviation below the median, perhaps something IS wrong with either you or your employer. If not, it's just the field you chose.

Originally Posted by artsyguy

I see the astroturfers (disinformation agents) are out spreading hate.

The average petulant conservative person doesn't whine and cry when corporations do poor work and then take millions of welfare money: GM, AIG, Goldman, Wal-Mart, Wallstreet, etc.

Spreading hate? Astroturf? What do corporation have to do with anything I've stated? Start your own thread about corporate greed if you want, nobody's stopping you.

[Theophane]

I have a master's degree and no prison record nor do I have a drug record. Why is my job barely paying me anything?

Maybe your Master's Degree isn't helping you. Maybe it isn't the problem.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

it is up to YOU to ask for what you THINK you are worth..and yes your boss will pay you what HE thinks is your worth to him (his company)

but you have to have the nuts to ask for the raise...or you will never get one

If you are in the corporate world, working for a multi-national with hundreds of thousands of employees..it doesn't work like that.

You get rated and the ratings determine what percentage raise you get.
There is no "ask the boss for a raise".

[LuckyGem]

Originally Posted by Analyze

Wealth gap widens between whites, minorities - Yahoo! News

It's all about organization.

How are minority homes organized?

How are non-minority homes organized?

Who are the most successful minorities?

Who are the most UN-successful minorities?

What do they have in common?

What don't they share in common?

What are the opportunities for education in their neighborhoods?

How do their schools rank in the city?

Where are the best teachers?

What is the unemployment rate?

What is the incidence of single parent homes?

How pervasive is drug culture in those neighborhoods?

If anyone can answer these questions they'll know why there is a wealth gap between minorities, and non-minorities.