Diversity In The Workplace: Part 1 Of A 3-part Series
Grace Banamwana and her husband, Agustin, are living the American dream.
Fleeing the violence in their native Rwanda in 1997, they first landed in Platteville.
Discrimination may be a factor, at least in some parts of the state, according to at least one study. In Milwaukee, a UW-Madison research project two years ago found that it’s easier for a white man with a prison record to get a job than a black man without one.
“We all think that we live in a pretty benign state,” said Erik O. Wright, a UW-Madison sociology professor. “Racial inequities in Wisconsin are among the worst in the U.S. and in some particular areas may be the worst.”