Just did a quick read of "Diversity with Equity" which "scrutinizes two complimentary issues: diversity and pay inequity among city employees of different ethnicities, specifically pointing out the lower pay earned by employees of color, and women of color most of all." (thread)
Nearly 73% are PoC, and the proportion of black employees exceeds that of the city’s population
81% percent of women are PoC
Black women earned 25% less than the average gross salary
White men earned 21% more than the average
Of the 100 highest paid City employees, 2 were women.
81% percent of women are PoC
Black women earned 25% less than the average gross salary
White men earned 21% more than the average
Of the 100 highest paid City employees, 2 were women.
So black people are overrepresented yet severely underpaid. The city is saying we'll hire you! As long as we can save money by paying you unfairly! You'll never guess which department is about proportional to black people and overrepresented by white people. LAPD!
Not only that, white people are overrepresented in what I'll call cop and cop adjacent positions. These are positions in which the function of the job is "within the protection of persons and property function." 43%! (White people are 28.5% of Angelenos.)
Garcetti has used numbers like these for his rallying cries of "more black cops!" He even says "more trans cops!" Interestingly enough, I don't recall him pushing "more lady cops" the same way though of course I might have just missed it. Women only make up 27% of the LAPD force.
The full report can be found here: clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/202…
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