Race: Employment, Work & Labor

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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

Race: Hiring Discrimination

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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)

Race: Employment & Labor Force Participation

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Unemployment rates of workers ages 16 and older, by race and ethnicity, January 2020-June 2021 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey
The full disparity is worse because the race of many UI recipients is not available. Source: U.S. Department of Labor
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.

Race: Unemployment

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