Farenheit 459

With 459 women faculty at UNT, it is easy to see that the future is most definitely female. To see such a dynamic of gender inclusivity  at UNT is remarkable, and to see an overwhelming number of female professors in the Mayborn School of Journalism just makes me proud to be a journalism student at UNT. To see that there are 4 female deans-- in business, international studies, hospitality, and library studies shows UNTs push for progression in our classroom.
In the panel, the figure 83 cents came up to a lot; as in, women make 83 cents to every mans dollar. However, that figure isn't very racially representative. Women of color make significantly less than that, and still receive significantly less media coverage than white women, or almost any other demographic of people to exist ever. This gap in wage, however, is not the only disadvantage women of color face today. Women of color are less likely to be represented in the job market than white women, due to systemic white privilege.
Another figure that was discussed was the 32% of women in the workforce but, again, I would like to see if that figure is representative of the women who are in the field (mostly white women) or all women trying to be in the field. You'd come to find that in newsrooms and on broadcast networks across the country lack much diversity. And, the people that suffer from that lack of diversity, are obviously the people of color. In the UNT spaces alone, there are a significantly lower number of journalism students of color than their white counterparts.
The women in the panel were inspiring to say the least. Having learned from Gayle Reaves-King in the classroom, I can attest to her strengths in writing and story telling-- and how amazing is it that she won a Pulitzer prize in journalism.

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