I just
finished reading a brief article posted
in the New York Times on 12 /30/2018 regarding Devah Pager, who received her
PhD in sociology from UCLA. Dr. Pager was reared in the normal multiculturalism
of Hawaii and first encountered a racial divide moving to LA for her studies.
Her life experiences influenced her research.
Dr. Pager’s
dissertation was not only noteworthy as it received political attention as
well. In her research, she had different individuals or confederates apply for
hundreds of real jobs. These confederates, all presented similar self-presentations
and credentials-but some were black and some white; some would list felony drug
convictions and others not as variables. Her findings were that white
jobseekers with a criminal record, were significantly more likely to get a call
back from the employer than a black job seeker with a criminal record.
Other
research, with firms that discriminated, indicated that formerly incarcerated
men were not terrible employees compared to non-incarcerated men. In another study that evaluated attrition
rates in the military, she found that there were no differences between men
with or without criminal records. In fact, formerly incarcerated military
recruits were more likely to get promoted than the non-incarcerated. Another
research finding were that firms that practiced discrimination were more likely
to go out of business. Recently, in a 2017 study, Dr. Pager found that hiring
discriminations against African-Americans had not improved over the last 25
years. This finding was not a surprise.
To Be
Continued
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