Source: Pew Research Center

44% of whites and 82% of blacks say blacks are treated less fairly than whites in hiring, pay, and promotions. Source: Pew Research Center

English Sign: "Part time hostess needed. Please walk in for interview." Spanish translation: "Parte anfitriona tiempo necesario. Por favor entrar a una entrevista." ---------------------------- Spanish Sign (misspelled): "Se nesecita dos parsonas para laver platos" "Two people needed to wash dishes."

"Do white people ever think 'I hope these people racist" before interviewing for a job?' I have. Before every interview I've ever had." ~ Larry Beyince

Percent of African-American saying they have ever personally experienced racial discrimination...When "applying for jobs" (56%). Source: NPR / Robert Wood Johnson Foundation / Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2017.

"Help Wanted. White Only" Jim Crow sign with African-American man [click on this image to find a short video and analysis that examines racial discrimination in the labor market]

"Help Wanted. No Irish Need Apply"

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Employer Responses by Race Phone and email inquiries from people with white-sounding names elicited more responses than those for people with black-sounding names, despite having identical qualifications. Source: Gaddis, S. Michael. 2014. "Discrimination in the Credential Society: An Audit Study of Race and College Selectivity in the Labor Market." Social Forces. (N=1,008) h/t: Sociological Images: Seeing Is Believing

Positive Respons Rates for Muslim and Christian Job Seekers in France Khadija Diouf has a well-known Muslim first name and an obvious Senegalese surname. Marie Diouf has an obvious Christian first name and an obvious Senegalese surname. Aurélie Ménard has a typical French name with no religious connotations. In sum, Muslims really do face employment discrimination in France.

Black unemployment is significantly higher than white unemployment even when taking educational attainment into account, 2015. Source: EPI based on monthly Current Population Survey data. The 12-month averages include data for December 2014 through November 2015 and is calculated for people age 25 or older.

Average Monthly Rate from January 2000 to December 2016 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Haver Analytics

Unemployment Rates by Race and Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity, 1973-2012 Annual Averages Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Unemployment Rate of Workers Age 16 and Older by Race and Ethnicity, 1973-2016 Source: Economic Policy Institute

Unemployment Rate by Race and Ethnicity: 1970-2010 (Stanford Center on Poverty & Inequality)

Racial Disparity in Unemployment Rates by State, 2014. - Source: Mic / Economic Policy Institute

Follow this link to find a short video and analysis that examines racial discrimination in the labor market: Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics / Thinkprogress

Why Do Asian Americans Have the Worst Long-Term Unemployment? There are 3 possible explanations. First, about a third of all Asian Americans live in California, which has disproportionately high joblessness, both short term & long-term. Second, there's immigrant bias: Perhaps employers prefer to hire U.S.-born workers. Third, there's racial bias. If Asians had the same long-term unemployment as their equally-educated white peers, their long-term jobless rate would be 8.1 percentage points…

White Workers Are More Consistently Employed. Employment rate for 25- to 54-year-olds without a college degree, by race/ethnicity and American Community Survey public use microdatsaa area, 2012-16 Source: FiveThirtyEight / U.S. Census Bureau

Employment - Approximately 18 million African Amercans/Blacks are in the labor force, either working or actively seeking employment. 2.8 million are between the ages of 16 and 24, and 2.8 million are 55 years or older. than the national average of 6.2%. Source: The Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity (crge.umd.edu)

Labor Characteristics of Asian Americans Source: Mary Dorinda Allard, "Asians in the U.S. labor force: profile of a diverse population," Monthly Labor Review, 2011 / Urban Institute