Discrimination accumulates over time

<p>alt-text:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The left figure (bar graph) shows the career progression of a privileged person who is promoted on their potential ie. forgiven for their lack of experience, and has not had to deal with discrimination. This shows y-axis as career progression and x-axis as time. The bar graph starts at level 6 and continues to grow steadily til it gets to level 14 in career progression.&nbsp;</p> <p>The right figure (bar graph) shows the career progression of a marginalised person who has to prove their experience ie. punished for their lack of experience, and has had to leave roles due to discrimination. This shows y-axis as career progression and x-axis as time. The bar graph starts at level 6 but due to discrimination the person is forced to leave (signified by a snake) and then drops to level 5 on the next unit of time. In this unit of time the person is forced out due to discrimination (again signified by a snake) and has to find a sideways move. Their career then grows until it hits another &ldquo;snake&rdquo; that forces it back from level 7 to level 6. It then grows back to level 8.</p> <p>This shows how experience can be slowed when you are faced with discrimination and that expereince can be highly correlated with opportunity or lack of discrmiination and not on ability.</p>