Unit B - Blog 11

There was a recent report released on the human development in Louisiana since Hurricane Katrina. In the report, three researchers looked at whites and African Americans, male and females, and parish the participants lived in. In the male and female section they found that white males in Louisiana were on pace with other white males across the United States. However they found that white women make a shocking $16,000 less a year than their male counterparts. This is a 3% decrease from white women across America. What we can determine in here is that women in Louisiana are struggling because wages are clearly not being matched for what a male is making. This will leave working mothers highly disadvantaged. This report is interesting because it shows the progression or lack thereof that Louisiana is experiencing since the disaster. As mentioned before, working poor women have much more to worry about and less help to improve their situation. With stagnant wages and no hope to make more money they are stuck in a helpless situation. Louisiana is just a small portion of what is going on across America. With women making less money in general, $.70 to every man's dollar, they are already a step behind half the population. Taking care of children should not have to be a burden though and that is the stress that lies on the working poor women more than their concern for money. No mother wants to subject her children to a life where they feel like a burden for their parents. The source for the Louisiana Project can be found at www.measureofamerica.org.