UNIT D - Blog 29

Few minority women stay in law firms because they are treated with disrespect and experience signs of racism within the workplace. These women not only have to be judged by their gender but they also have to be judged by their race which is twice the amount of stress. The stories in the NPR talked about minority women in law firms and had a few women of minority reporting about their experiences. One woman was Chinese and said that in her law firm she was asked to read something in Korean and when she told them that she couldn't because she only spoke Chinese they looked at her with astonishment like they didn't understand what she was saying. There was also another incidence of an Indian woman who was asked things like "are you a chief?" or they referred to her as Pocahontas and this is extremely demeaning. Just because someone is a minority doesn't mean that they should be talked down to. You might see someone at a law firm that is of Asian decent but you technically don't know where this woman is from, she could be from China, Asia, Korea or Japan so nobody should assume anything. Women should be treated with respect just like everybody else. Another woman said that she noticed if a minority women comes into a law firm and isn't from a prestigious school then she will be treated unfairly even compared to a white woman from a State school. It's no wonder that minority women don't want to stay in law firms, it seems like a stressful environment when you have to deal with people that constantly mock you and make fun of you. These women want respect because they worked hard to get to where they are now and they are being treated like dirt.