Workplace claims-making power is shaped by race and gender status.

Evidence

To account for the effects of the changing demographic composition of the U.S. workforce, we control for the proportion of the workforce that was non-Hispanic white men. Although prior studies of income inequality have not included this variable, workplace level studies have repeatedly shown that race and gender status influence claims-making power ðTilly 1998; Tomaskovic-Devey et al. 2009Þ, and we expect that a decrease in non- Hispanic white men would result in a long-term decline of labor’s share. — Ken-Hou Lin & Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Financialization and U.S. Income…, 106

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to bargaining-power and institutionalist accounts of labor share decline — echoes insights found in the theoretical chapter on financialization. — connects to: Income distributions reflect actors’ relative bargaining and claimsmaking power.; People stereotype groups to justify an existing division of labor; Racial inequality persists in new symbolic forms that defend privileged group positions — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3421 (+5 more)
• QUESTION: Why would a decline in non-Hispanic white men depress labor’s share specifically? The mechanism (erosion of privileged workers’ bargaining power) deserves chasing.

Broader Connections

• Race is about representing difference, and sites of difference are sites of power #expands (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 108
• Institutional racism and sexism often stem from in-group favoritism rather than overt prejudice #exemplifies (0.78) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2483
• Racial inequality persists in new symbolic forms that defend privileged group positions #expands (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3421
• Racial myths rationalize existing power relationships #expands (0.75)
• Racial distinctions can be deployed as economic discrimination devices #exemplifies (0.75) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2318
• People stereotype groups to justify an existing division of labor #expands (0.72)
• Equal-status workplace contact measurably improved racial attitudes #exemplifies (0.72) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1660