UNIT D: BLOG 29

BLOG 29: Minority Women

Only 4 percent of partners are minorities and even less are female. These women are having to deal with every day biases and issues that are driving them to leave these large law firms. AN example of why minority women are leaving is from All Things Considered: Why so few minority women stay at law firms. One women of color was working at a law firm and was being asked to sit in one meetings not because she was working that specific case, but because she was a minority. That particular law firm wanted to show their client, that was leaving because they did not represent enough minorities, that they were an equal opportunity firm and had people of minority working there. So, she was sitting in on these meeting just to be there. She was being exploited by her firm. This clip states that these women are having to deal with exclusion, neglect, and overt harassment at their firms.

One of the women on this clip states that one or the main reason that they leave these large law firms is because they are having to deal with biases every day. They could just not handle dealing with all the issues, biases and problems that these firms were making and the environment that they were working in. Minority women are dealing with the most discrimination out of any female or minority male groups because they are having to deal with the fact they are female and minority. These women are just as qualified as other people in their field and firm, but they are not seen the same and are being treated differently. They work at the firm, but they are not treated the same. These women of minority do not have to same support or help from people in there office because of who they are and not based on their performance, education, or skills. These women state that the most important part of the firm is the environment. That the firm needs to make the environment friendly and equal for all of their workers.

These women were treated unfair, see as less, exploited for who they were, and not given the same opportunities. They could not handle the biases of their everyday environment. These women's' stories along with the reading are mostly the same. These women are not being treated as equals. They are being seen with less power, looked at differently, or they are being exposed and exploited for who they are as a person and not being seen as who they are as a lawyer or co-worker in the firm.