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This 4 page paper examines statistics in respect to higher level positions in the health care field. The paper claims that more progress needs to be made in terms of diversity but that some changes have already been accomplished. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the seventies it was much easier for a black man to enter the health care professions (Martinsons, 1988). As the nineties would emerge, the author suggests that consolidation in terms
of professions would reign and provide fewer opportunities for people of color (Martinsons, 1988). In 1988, the situation was that one fifth of all hospital workers were minority representatives, but
they usually took blue collar jobs (Martinsons, 1988). The problem was the divide between whites and non-whites and who held the coveted management positions. During the mid-1980s, figures from the
EEOC showed that for white collar positions, 84.9% were white, 8.8% were black, 2.8% were Hispanic, 3.3% were Asian and .2% were Native Americans (Martinsons, 1988, p.43). The same statistics,
but for blue collar workers, were as follows: 73.3% are white, 17.7% are black, 6.8% are Hispanic, 1.9% are Asian and .3% are Native Americans (Martinsons, 1988, p.43). Statistics in
1986 show that 88% of physicians are white, and 3% are black, while 4% are Hispanic (Martinsons, 1988, p.43). Statistics from the 1980s are bleak, but a whole decade
has passed since that time. The nineties has seemingly held a great deal of opportunity for all, and when one looks down the hallways of hospitals, it does seem to
contain a great deal of minority workers. Yet, it is not clear who are in managerial roles and who are in low level, low paying occupations. A report published in
2000, says that "minority workers hold more than 20% of health care positions, but fewer than 1% of top hospital management positions" ("Job Database Aims," 2000). While that seems rather
critical, it only states that a small percentage of minority members are in "top" management positions. In white America, this is not unusual in any industry. One has to ask
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