Ethnic Pay Gap on a Global Spectrum
When the ethnic pay gap is mentioned, our minds immediately go to the United States. While it’s undeniable that ethnic groups suffer majorly due to unequal pay in comparison to their Caucasian counterparts in the US, unfortunately, many countries around the world show the same trends.

Research conducted by Runnymede Trust in April shows that the black community and other ethnic minorities suffer severe economic inequality in Britain. The inequality is stemmed from unfair and unequal availability to the housing market, which inevitably leads to the inability of creating any savings or homes and discontinues the notion of any position for generational wealth building.

The major cause of the stark looming economic disparity is caused by the pay gap between minorities and their Caucasian counterparts which has been going on for centuries.

The ethnic groups who suffer from the lowest employment rates and wages are Pakistani who earned less than 16.9% in comparison to Caucasian British, Bangladeshi who earned less than 20.2%, and Blacks who earned less than 9.2 percent.

Intolerance and accountability for these drastic discrepancies are being voiced by people and companies worldwide are being asked to release their data and figures to better analyze the gravity of the situation, keep track of which groups are targeted the most, how it impacts their life, create awareness about this situation and then take the necessary action to shrink this gap.

When factors such as education barriers and the levels of occupations are taken into consideration the level of a pay gap does narrow down. However, regardless of the striking difference between the gaps in wealth in different ethnicities are undeniable domestically and internationally.

by: Nailah L. Wright Follow me on Twitter or Instagram. Check out my website.
['Nailah Lovell']
['Racism', 'International', 'Corporate Culture', 'Culture', 'Economy']