This writer believes that the “…persistently high unemployment rate among African-Americans is a violation of human rights” and that the UN should investigate.” I’ve addressed this issue already, so I will cut to the chase here.
For decades, Black employment has been very high in the blue collar sector (manufacturing, retail, service, etc). This sector has gone through some serious changes from jobs being shipped overseas to the influx of illegal immigrants who are willing to work for a fraction of what is paid to legal American workers. Of course, none of this is mentioned in the piece. Instead, for the author high Black unemployment means discrimination.
Andrew Chung of the Canadian paper thestar.com also floats the idea that highly educated Blacks in Montreal are being outpaced in the workplace by non-Black high school dropouts. Like Monique W. Morris (the author of the first piece), Chung leaves out some much needed information. Here in the US, there has been an influx of the highly educated in the unemployment line. Why? Because many companies can no longer afford them. The trend now is to downplay your experience on your resume so that you are not tagged as being “over-qualified”. A high school drop out on the other hand has more opportunities to be employed in this economy because low skill labor equals low pay. Perhaps Chung should compare Black high school dropouts with non-Black high school drop outs.
Perhaps the biggest point both of these writers miss is that in cities like Atlanta, GA, many of those who are in management or have a hand in the hiring process are non-White. This is where their logic falls flat.
Unemployment is certainly a major issue in the Black community. But to suggest that this problem is rooted in discrimination is grossly inaccurate. There are too many other factors to consider. One has to be willing to move beyond the race blame game to see those other factors and how they are contributing to Black unemployment.
So Does The UN Need To Investigate Georgia?
by Duane on May 5th, 2010 at 9:26 amThis writer believes that the “…persistently high unemployment rate among African-Americans is a violation of human rights” and that the UN should investigate.” I’ve addressed this issue already, so I will cut to the chase here.
For decades, Black employment has been very high in the blue collar sector (manufacturing, retail, service, etc). This sector has gone through some serious changes from jobs being shipped overseas to the influx of illegal immigrants who are willing to work for a fraction of what is paid to legal American workers. Of course, none of this is mentioned in the piece. Instead, for the author high Black unemployment means discrimination.
Andrew Chung of the Canadian paper thestar.com also floats the idea that highly educated Blacks in Montreal are being outpaced in the workplace by non-Black high school dropouts. Like Monique W. Morris (the author of the first piece), Chung leaves out some much needed information. Here in the US, there has been an influx of the highly educated in the unemployment line. Why? Because many companies can no longer afford them. The trend now is to downplay your experience on your resume so that you are not tagged as being “over-qualified”. A high school drop out on the other hand has more opportunities to be employed in this economy because low skill labor equals low pay. Perhaps Chung should compare Black high school dropouts with non-Black high school drop outs.
Perhaps the biggest point both of these writers miss is that in cities like Atlanta, GA, many of those who are in management or have a hand in the hiring process are non-White. This is where their logic falls flat.
Unemployment is certainly a major issue in the Black community. But to suggest that this problem is rooted in discrimination is grossly inaccurate. There are too many other factors to consider. One has to be willing to move beyond the race blame game to see those other factors and how they are contributing to Black unemployment.