Working class people paid thousands less despite doing same jobs

Re:Working class people paid thousands less despite doing sa... by bush-bby on Sunday November 13, 2022 @01:15AM (#33580563)

>while working-class Bangladeshi professionals earn £10,432 less than their white counterparts in the same jobs

I ask this honestly, not attempting to offend, I’m simply curious…but why is it okay to assume negative intention when race/ethnicity is involved. I mean why do I care about this statistic. There’s no nuance here. Discrepancy == bad, per usual.

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Re:Working class people paid thousands less despite doing sa... by b0in on Sunday November 13, 2022 @01:34AM (#33580638)

was negative intention assumed here? It's not in the quote.

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Re:Working class people paid thousands less despite doing sa... by klyrs on Sunday November 13, 2022 @02:15AM (#33580800)

Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Who said anything about intention? If somebody rear-ends my car by accident, they're still responsible for the damage. My insurance company's lawyers don't accept "Oh well I didn't mean to do it" in lieu of payment. Is there a bona-fide reason that the working-class Bangladeshi professionals should be systematically underpaid?

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Re:Working class people paid thousands less despite doing sa... by ralph84 on Sunday November 13, 2022 @03:06AM (#33581036)

The reason immigrants are allowed to immigrate is because of their willingness to work for lower wages. Whether you think that's fair or not that's the reality.

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Re:Working class people paid thousands less despite doing sa... by charlieyu1 on Sunday November 13, 2022 @04:05AM (#33581347)

Agreed. As an immigrant from Hong Kong to UK, I see many people coming to work for minimum wage. Most of them are quite wealthy and just work to feel like being a part of society.

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