There is a lot of injustice in this world. What do you think?
Yes, of course I think there is a lot of injustice in this world. The biggest problems that we have are discrimination, poor distribution of wealth, violation of human rights. These problems cause a lot of consequences. Our way of life, sadly, depends on our jobs. We should have a better way to live. Who decides that a waitress here in the UK must be better paid that the person who is fishing or growing our food in Africa? People tend rather automatically to categorise others along three dimensions: race, sex and age. Being a white man in Europe or North America is the best position you can ever get. There is a lot of research about racism; there is nothing else to say, but a lot to do. Sexism is still a big problem, not only in developing countries where girls must get married without their consent or against their will. Here, in Europe, maternity leave is still a big issue, nobody is going to say anything to your face, because they are too polite for that, but of course it is going to cause awkward situations, and it can even make you vulnerable to unfair treatment sometimes. Reconciliation of work and family life is not a priority in the business world. And it is sad they are still making us think about what we need to prioritize, family should be first always, and children are not only a mother´s responsibility.
Ageism is a really big problem now. You spend your whole life working hard, but when you are approaching 50 years old, most people tend to have little tolerance for older persons and very few reservations about harbouring negative attitudes toward older people. Technology is improving really fast nowadays and a lot of people are not getting the training they need in order to not be behind at work, just because their companies would rather provide it to young people or prefer spending that money on something else.
It is an injustice that you can be fired for something that is not in your control, like your sex, your age or your background. I am a young woman and my only fault I was born in another country, sometimes I feel bad because of that, sometimes people speak to me as I were stupid, they don´t know I have to think twice about everything I want to say, they don´t know I need extra time to read, and of course they don´t know how smart I am in Spanish. And assuming something like that is just not fair.