ithheld positions in management if they choose to remain competitive. The owners of these female-run businesses may find it easier to sell to and more desirable to buy from businesses where women and other minorities are included at management levels. Resistance to diversity, particularly by white males, poses a major problem. Resentment may be a result of narrow definitions of diversity that has failed to also include white males as well as a perception by some that diversity means preferential treatment for women and other groups. White male anger may also stem from the fear of losing jobs over a minority as a result of downsizing.Jesse Jackson, a prominent civil rights leader, released a statement in 1995. In his statement he said, Those who have been locked out need the law to protect them from the tyranny of the majority. We must look at the remaining gap in wages between men and women, whites and people of color. We must determine its necessity by data, not by anecdotes. It is a myth that white males are being hurt and discriminated against because of Affirmative Action programs. White males are 33% of the population, but 80% of Tenured Professors 80% of the U.S. House of Representatives 90% of the U.S. Senate 92% of the Forbes 400 97% of School Superintendents 99.9% of Professional Athletic Team Owners; and 100% of U.S. Presidents (Affirmative Action, P.9,10) In any case, it will be easy to tell when affirmative action is no longer necessary. When an individual can look around the workforce and see that members of all groups are being employed and that they are being employed at the high levels as well as at the lower levels, then it wont be needed anymore. It is possible that American corporations are on that road. The increasing PRESENCE of women and minorities has altered the way that companies look. According to the August 14th, 1995 issue of Business Week, companies are using the following methods to hold on to f...
