Black Unemployment

Summary of Black Unemployment Driven by White America's Favors for Friends

It is commonly noted and realized that racism and inequalities are still practiced in America. It is seen that 6.8% of whites lacked job opportunities in February while at least 13.8% of blacks and 9.6%of Hispanic people lacked jobs. This shows that racial discrimination and inequalities are still rampant in the employment industry in America. DiTomaso, a white writer from the research says that racial inequality and discrimination has contributed to lack of jobs among many blacks in America regardless of their academic qualifications (Ross, 2014). The labor industry in America is full of racism thus contributing to increased joblessness among blacks and Hispanic people compared to whites. Most employers who are whites engage in activates that promotes discrimination and inequalities that at long last results to joblessness among non whites according to research carried out by DiTomaso. Algernon Austin is in agreement with DiTomaso that racism and racial discrimination is the key factor making blacks lack jobs in America regardless of their professional qualifications (Ross, 2014). Color determines the type of job one gets according to research carried out by Austin. Unemployment starts right from educational institutions where blacks are denied access to good and standard education. Racism is carried out in schools and continues even to the labor industry resulting to less standard lives among blacks as compared to whites. Increased public education and major campaigns done against racism will decrease this trend of joblessness among blacks. Blacks are denied access to blue collar jobs which are left in hands of whites who regard themselves as more superior (Ross, 2014). Devah pager from the research says that whites with criminal records are likely to get jobs than blacks without criminal records and highly qualified. This is a discouraging trend and can be reduced through increased public education among people.

References

Ross. J (2014) Black Unemployment Driven by White America's Favors for Friends retrieved                 from;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/black-unemployment-nancy-                ditomaso_n_2974805.html