Race and the invisible hand : how white networks exclude black men from blue-collar jobs / Deirdre A. Royster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Royster, Deirdre A. (Deirdre Alexia), 1966-

Series:

George Gund Foundation Book in African American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Employment.

African Americans.

Discrimination in employment--United States.

Discrimination in employment.

Blue collar workers--United States.

Blue collar workers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the time of Booker T. Washington to today, and William Julius Wilson, the advice dispensed to young black men has invariably been, "Get a trade." Deirdre Royster has put this folk wisdom to an empirical test-and, in Race and the Invisible Hand, exposes the subtleties and discrepancies of a workplace that favors the white job-seeker over the black. At the heart of this study is the question: Is there something about young black men that makes them less desirable as workers than their white peers? And if not, then why do black men trail white men in earnings and employment rates? Royster seeks an answer in the experiences of 25 black and 25 white men who graduated from the same vocational school and sought jobs in the same blue-collar labor market in the early 1990's. After seriously examining the educational performances, work ethics, and values of the black men for unique deficiencies, her study reveals the greatest difference between young black and white men-access to the kinds of contacts that really help in the job search and entry process.

Contents:

Introduction

Invisible and visible hands : racial disparity in the labor market

From school to work in black and white : a case study

Getting a job, not getting a job : employment divergence begins

Evaluating market explanations : "the declining significance of race" and "racial deficits" approaches

Embedded transitions : school ties and the unanticipated significance of race

Networks of inclusion, networks of exclusion : the production and maintenance of segregated opportunity structures

White privilege and black accommodation : where past and contemporary discrimination converge to produce durable inequality.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index.

ISBN:

9786613291738

9781417525423

1417525428

9781283291736

1283291738

9781597348454

1597348457

9780520937376

0520937376

OCLC:

191925438