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Meet the New Optimists - Newsweek Generation 1, in this taxonomy, is the civil-rights generation—those (born before 1945) who participated in, or simply bore witness to, the defining 20th-century battle for racial equality. It is the generation of whites who, in large measure, saw blacks as alien beings and the generation of blacks who, for the most part, saw whites as irremediably prejudiced. Gen 2s (born between 1945 and 1969) were much less racially constrained—though they remained, in large measure, stuck in a tangle of racial stereotypes. Gen 3s (born between 1970 and 1995) saw race as less of a big deal. And that ability to see a person beyond color has cleared the way for a generation of Believers—blacks who fully accept that America means what it says when it promises to give them a shot. That new reality made itself clear when I compared black Gen 1 Harvard M.B.A.s with their Gen 3 counterparts. Seventy-five percent of Gen 1s said blacks faced “a lot” of discrimination, compar...

The New Jim Crow | The American Prospect In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as justification for discrimination, exclusion, or social contempt. Rather, we use our criminal-justice system to associate criminality with people of color and then engage in the prejudiced practices we supposedly left behind. Today, it is legal to discriminate against ex-offenders in ways it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans. Once you're labeled a felon, depending on the state you're in, the old forms of discrimination -- employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, and exclusion from jury service -- are suddenly legal. As a criminal, you have scarcely more rights and arguably less respect than a black man living in Alabama at the height of Jim Crow. We have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.

All Academic Inc. (Abstract Management, Conference Management and Research Search Engine) Within the workplace, professional etiquette is a major ingredient in decision-making about an individual’s work space, location, integration, acceptance, and occupational mobility. Who we are dictates where we fit and how we are received. These sentiments and behavioral expectations act as directives position, which frame our ways of participating in society. For African American women, these informal and formal proscriptions are vital to their well-being and advancement in the workplace. African American women‘s desire to be promoted to managerial posts is determined by their relative gain in job rewards, but also by their etiquette, measured by the amount of emotional labor they perform. If they desire a promotion, they ponder if they will receive decision-making responsibilities and authority, prestige, resources, status, pecuniary benefits, and opportunities to continue advancing within their...

Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects - Pew Social & Demographic Trends Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects A Year After Obama's Election

Lexington: Sex and the single black woman | The Economist As incarceration rates exploded between 1970 and 2007, the proportion of US-born black women aged 30-44 who were married plunged from 62% to 33%. “I thought I was a catch,” sighs an attractive black female doctor at a hospital in Washington, DC. Black men with good jobs know they are “a hot commodity”, she observes. When there are six women chasing one man, “It’s like, what are you going to do extra, to get his attention?” Some women offer sex on the first date, she says, which makes life harder for those who prefer to combine romance with commitment. She complains about a recent boyfriend, an electrician whom she had been dating for about six months, whose phone started ringing late at night. It turned out to be his other girlfriend. Pressed, he said he didn’t realise the relationship was meant to be exclusive.

American Sociological Association: Sociology of Education The Black-White Gap in Mathematics Course Taking

CNN.com - Reaction to Katrina split on racial lines - Sep 13, 2005 The poll found that six in 10 blacks interviewed said the federal government was slow in rescuing those stranded in New Orleans after Katrina because many of the people in the Louisiana city were black. But only about one in eight white respondents shared that view.

Katrina and Race - DePauw University Most African-Americans are inclined to agree. A Washington Post/ ABC News poll found that 60 percent of blacks believe race was a factor in the federal government's slow response (compared to 12 percent among whites).