The Continuing Power of White Preferences in Employment. In NYC and Chicago, the Black unemployment rate is higher than the White rate at every level of educational attainment. More details here: https://cepr.net/report/the-continuing-power-of-white-preferences-in-employment/ #WhitePreferences
The Continuing Power of White Preferences in Employment

Discover striking employment disparities between White and Black groups across various factors in this revealing report.

Center for Economic and Policy Research
The Continuing Power of White Preferences in Employment. Black STEM graduates as twice and likely to be unemployed as White STEM graduates. Details here: https://cepr.net/report/the-continuing-power-of-white-preferences-in-employment/
#WhitePreferences
The Continuing Power of White Preferences in Employment. At every level of educational attainment, Black people are more likely to be unemployed than White people. More discussion of White preferences here: https://cepr.net/report/the-continuing-power-of-white-preferences-in-employment/ #WhitePreferences
#WhitePreferences Although 90% of the Black labor force has a h.s. diploma or higher level of educ. attainment, for the purposes of finding employment, it is better to be a White high school DROPOUT than a random Black person. Details here: https://cepr.net/report/the-continuing-power-of-white-preferences-in-employment/

@ceprdc
On the #WhitePreferences in the labor market from
@keds_economist
: "the labor market treats Black men with a college degree the same as White men without one."
"Even in 2021, after widespread corporate commitments to diversity in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, White men, on average, made up 58% of senior officers and managers across major industries, White women were at 25%, while Black men and women each had 2% representation." https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-17/passed-over-for-a-black-man-the-labor-market-disagrees
Passed Over for a Black Man? The Labor Market Disagrees

Casual assertions of racial bias against White men in hiring decisions aren’t supported by the unemployment numbers.

Bloomberg