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Hoiyee Wong

ESL 33B

Dr. Carlisl

22 May 2018

Thesis Statement

Discrimination toward African American in the U.S. still exists, and that causes many serious negative

effects in the job world for African Americans.

Detailed Outline

I.Introduction

A. Discrimination toward African American in the U.S. still exist that cause discrimination in

workplace.

1. There are six-in-ten Americans say needed more changes to achieve racial equality (Dimock 4)

2. 88% black Americans say need more to be done to achieve racial equality (Dimock 4)

3. 64% of blacks say they are treated less fairly in the workplace. (Dimock 4)

B. Government is lack of antidiscrimination constraint

1. The law ban racial discrimination in the workplace , this appearance remain and work to the

harm of the African American seeking equal treatment at work.

C. Thesis: Discrimination toward African American in the U.S. still exists, and that causes many

serious negative effects in the job world for African Americans.

II. There are some negative effects that against African Americans in the workplace.

A. African Americans are the victim of joblessness.

1. Unemployment rate is 16.7%, is more than twice of white ( Nittle )

2. The level of racial discrimination in the U.S. labor market by allocated same resumes

black-sounding or white- sounding names received 50% more callbacks than the blacks. ( Bertrand,

Mullainathan)

3. Blacks are more than white to say lack of job (66% vs 45%) (Dimock 4)

B. Unfair treatment cause less job opportunity and lower salary against African Americans in the

workplace.

1. 2010 Census showed that African American only earned 58.7% of the white salary. (Schwartz

3)

2. Employer hire white candidates from less reputation university more than Black candidates

from well-known school. (Gaddis 1451)

3. Employers respond to black candidates that there is job with lower starting salaries and lower

popularity than the white. (Gaddis 1451)

4. Racial inequality is still in the U.S. labor market. Compare to the whites, the blacks are twice

less than be unemployed and earn 25% less than the whites ( Bertrand, Mullainathan)
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5. In the same qualified candidates , the African American woman earn less and receive fewer

opportunities. ( Schwart 1)

a. There is a wage gap between African American women and the same qualified candidates

(Schwart 2)

III. The black job seekers face different challenges in the workplace in the United States (Nittle)

A. When they find a job, they face racial bias (Nittle)

1. The unemployment rate for African Americans is higher than the official 16.7% and they have

risk of facing jobless discrimination. (Nittle)

2. The bias is not only factor destroying African Americans looking for work, many companies but

also don’t even notice their openings (Nittle)

B. They have weaker job network in workplace (Nittle)

1. Find a job depend who you know. The African American don’t know the job opening and

it disadvantage for them. (Nittle)

2. Credit checks by employers work against the black workers (Nittle)

a. There are many company check the credit history that is harm to the African American. Jobless

tend not to have well credit rating because unemployed is difficult to pay bill. As a result, the African

American take disadvantage in credit check. (Nittle)

b. Credit history prevent them to get a good job because they are difficult to get a good job to

maintain good credit.

IV. Solution for those issues to stop discrimination in African Americans in the workplace

A. Use their own power to give pressure to discriminating employers

B. Because the law doesn’t help the African Americans in discrimination ( Title VII of the Civil Rights

Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex,

or national origin), they can use their power of social media and the principle of government

transparency to give pressure on discriminating employers. (Cohen)

C. Mark down everything that is discriminated and talk to the lawyer to get help.

1. Keep a diary of discrimination and find a company that is anti-discrimination policy (Henry)

2. Read the employment and discrimination law in your state and the federal laws. The US Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission has a lot of federal laws to employment discrimination.

There maybe has laws that is fit to your situation. Go to the labor department to get help.

(Henry)

D. Because hire a lawyer is expensive, if there is no one help, the last solution is to quit the job.

V. Conclusion

A. Although there is a law to protect the African Americans not to be discriminated, there still are

some serious effects that affect them in the workshop. The two main unfair effects are less job

opportunities in the workplace and less salary than the whites. The solution is to find the lawyer help.
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Introduction

Although there is a law to stop discrimination ( Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title

VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin) ,

discrimination toward the African Americans still is a serious problem. Because of the history of

slavery, discrimination still exist against them. It affects them in the workplace. Most of the African

Americans (88%) think it needs to be improved to achieve racial equality (Dimock 4). There are

six-in-ten Americans say needed more changes to achieve racial equality (Dimock 4). There are 64%

of blacks think they are treated less fairly in the workplace. (Dimock 4). The two main discriminating

effects are they get fewer job opportunities and less salary than the same white candidates. African

Americans are the victim of joblessness. Research shows that unemployment rate is 16.7%, is more

than twice of white and 2010 Census shows that African American only earned 58.7% of the white

salary. (Schwartz 3) In the same qualified candidates , the African Americans earn less and receive

fewer opportunities, that shows unfair treatment against them ( Schwart 1). In addition , Employer hire

whites candidates from less reputation university more than Black candidates from well-known school.

That shows the discrimination against the African Americans. The problem they face in the workplace

is they have less network in the workplace and they don’t have a good credit history. There are many

company check the credit history that is harm to the African Americans. Joblessness tend not to have

well credit rating because unemployed is difficult to pay bill such as rent and cost of living. As a result,

the African Americans take disadvantage in credit check. (Nittle) Credit history prevent them to get a

good job because they are difficult to get a good job to maintain good credit.
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Negative effect which is joblessness against African Americans (Dimock 4). A research that was

done by Michael Dimock from the University of California-San Diego has shown that discrimination

against African Americans cause lack of job, as shown in the graph in Fig. 1. About 64% of the Blacks

are harder to find a job than the Whites. (see fig.1).

Fig. 1 Discrimination and racial inequality; pewsocialtrends; pewsocialtrends.org, 27June 2016

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2016/06/27/3-discrimination-and-racial-inequality/
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