“A graduate student at the University of Wisconsin studied the difficulties of former prisoners trying to find work and, in the process, came up with a disturbing finding: it is easier for a white person with a felony conviction to get a job than for a black person whose record is clean.” Of Fairness And Discrimination
The real question is why we have to wait for some study to be done to prove it. I had a federal lawsuit for discrimination against a major bank I was working for at the time. I could never work for a bank again even though I won my class action case. That’s for sure. Not only that but, just about every job rejection I’ve had I have to question its validity. Not because every rejection is problematic but, because one goes through life with the expectation that the unspoken, racism, has been a part of those decisions. Why apply for a job that you have to be over-qualified for? One the one hand you’re over-qualified, on the other, with only the necessary qualifications you’re not qualified enough.
Thank gawd, things have changed in my life. I don’t have that question arise constantly in my mind anymore. It’s only taken 50 years for it to fade away… *sigh*