“Discrimination: The Root of the Black Job Crisis”
http://www.alternet.org/story/35398
"Capitol Hill Holds Hearing on Black Male Unemployment"
http://www.truthout.org/article/capitol-hill-holds-hearing-black-male-unemployment
"Plight Deepens for Black Men, Studies Warn”
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/20/national/20blackmen.html
"Study Shows How Deeply Black Men Face Discrimination in Hiring"
http://www.jobbankusa.com/News/Hiring/hiring100803a.html
"Racism at a California Job Interview"
http://hubpages.com/hub/Racism-at-a-California-Job-Interview
"job interview racism?"
http://interracialissues.blogspot.com/2006/11/job-interview-racism.html
“Black Men Shut Out of the Job Market”
http://www.cssny.org/pubs/urbanagenda/2004_03_04.html
“A Crisis of Black Male Employment: Unemployment and Joblessness in New York City, 2003”
http://www.cssny.org/pubs/special/2004_02labormarket.pdf
"'Black' Names A Resume Burden? Study: 'Black-Sounding' Names Prompt Fewer Job Callbacks"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/29/national/main575685.shtml
"Top 20 'Whitest' and 'Blackest' Names"
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2470131&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
“Affirmative Action, Immigration & Welfare: Confronting Racism in 1998”
http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/pkivel2.html
“First black flight attendant is still fighting racism - Ruth Carol Taylor”
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_/ai_19391567
"The puzzle of black male unemployment"
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0377/is_154/ai_n6062431
The Antiquus Research Group has been documenting similar insidious conditions and accounts of racial discrimination, against African-American men, in the Denver Metro, Colorado employment market and especially during the interview process. In addition, we have witnessed the same negative attitudes and racist behaviors from numerous employers in the Mountain Time Zone states as well as in the Midwestern states of America. Institutionalized racism is alive and well as anyone can see.
The above incidents are not isolated either; for certain, many Black men and women are probably afraid to speak out for fear of being labeled "not a good fit" or potentially being Black-Balled by the corporate sector. Well, you might as well speak up and speak out since you're not going to land that job anyway due to the color of your skin! This is why Affirmative Action laws must be kept in place. Our critics will rebuttal with: “Stop playing or using the ‘race card’ as the reason for not being offered a job.” This statement proves our point because only someone who is prejudiced, bigoted, and/or racist would make such a statement. Not everyone of any skin color or race will get hired for many legitimate reasons; this is a given. But not being offered a job opportunity because someone is African-American is just not right.
Please send us accounts of your experiences and please do give the names of these businesses as well as the names of the interviewers.
