Diversity Analyses
I read a story about foreign-born maids and how they are brought over to the United States to serve middle and upper-class Americans. To me, this deals a lot with cultural, ethnic, and racial diversity. All these women are being taken advantage of because they come from poor backgrounds, a different culture and all of them are of ethnic descent.
Many of the women are beaten by their employees, sexually harrassed, and some even forced to sleep in closets. All of them are extremely underpaid and overworked.
The story does move into something extremely substantive. It is written with great detail and really makes the reader feel for the women the writer is writing about. It describes their backgrounds, their work environment, and the abuse that they receive. It explains the appearance of the women being interviewed and what has been done so far to change this issue.
I know this story probably isn't the typical story for a racially diverse group but I just thought it was really interesting and in its own way, fits into the category.