I found an article discussing how black men face inequity in the work place. Often times they feel they have to dress more professionally than their coworkers or speak more softly. Testimonials from black workers explain various situations in which they felt there was discrimination involved not based upon their work ethic but the way they looked. One such story was when a black worker asked the secretary if his packages had arrived, and to his astonishment she got really upset, thinking that he was yelling at the secretary. Such preconceived notions are hard to overcome but must be dealt with almost on a daily basis for black men. The article discusses this inequity in more detail.
Here is the link to the article itself:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/10/09/the_rules_of_conduct/
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14 years ago
2 comments:
It would be interesting to conduct a large scale survey on racism in the workplace. It could compare African Americans' responses to other minority groups' responses, and also analyze data geographically. Any attempt to quantify the racism discussed in this article and demonstrate that it's widespread would make a good research project.
I can understand how a black person would feel skeptical in the work place as there has been a seemingly long standing "pseudo-racism" in the corporate world. Now I don't know if I used the right word there but I can understand how a black person can feel as though they are being held to a higher standard then a white person in the primarily white corporate world. I agree with brian when i think it would be interesting to do a study on racism in the work place although it would hard to do due to the problem of sample bias, meaning that it would be hard to get a honest answer from people you would chose to survey as no one wants to admit that they are a racist. Otherwise, after reading this article, I found it fairly interesting.
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