In New York, minorities including women are not equal at eateries. An article by Marlene Naanes of AM New York, addresses the issues of diversity at restaurant jobs. White applicants are twice as likely to get a job offer after an interview and women earn 22% less than men. In this situation diversity is an issue including their accents. More white people with a slight European accent were 23% more likely to be hired than white applicants with no accent. Women also were offered jobs on their looks more than any other trait about them. The New York State Restaurant Association said that inequality is not intrinsic to the restaurant industry but the association does offer seminars on hiring and firing practices, expert consultants and Spanish-language classes. In the restaurant industry in New York, not only is it gender diversity but their is an earnings gap also. With the glass ceiling in the industry, even if a minority was hired they would not be able to work their way to the top. Race diversity is another problem area where not many African Americans are being hired at all. The Glass Ceiling is a major problem in many industries but if industries do not hire the minorities they will never have the opportunity to rise above the glass ceiling.
-Aimee Rankovich
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