http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justices-question-next-step-for-massive-wal-mart-discrimination-suit/2011/03/29/AFToRZvB_story.html
It reminded me of all our discussions about equality, especially now that we have a group investigating a women's voluntary association. This section of the article really stood out to me:
"Joseph M. Sellers, arguing on behalf of the women, said it didn’t matter if Wal-mart had an official policy of nondiscrimination if it left its managers free to carry out a “corporate culture” of paying women less and promoting more men to managerial positions."
Just because something is culturally acceptable, does that make it right? Think back to slavery...it was "American culture" to have and abuse slaves. Now this guy is saying its "corporate culture" to discriminate against women. These two issues can kind of be paralleled! This is so wrong, and it is my hope that the Supreme Court justices keep questioning this case.
Steph,
ReplyDeleteThanks for pointing this item out and putting it in context for us! If you aren't in the women's association group, you might make sure that one of those members does see your post.
LDL