African American Men and the Experience of Employment Discrimination |
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Authors: | Sherry N Mong Vincent J Roscigno |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, 238 Townshend Hall, 1885 Neil Ave. Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA |
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Abstract: | The economic marginalization of African American men has been studied in a variety of contexts, from trade union exclusion,
to joblessness, to disparate wages and mobility. Discrimination is often inferred as an influential mechanism, yet seldom
directly examined in its own right. Drawing on a unique sample of verified workplace discrimination cases, this article analyzes
forms and processes of discrimination that African American men face in employment. Our results denote the prevalence of discriminatory
firing, with on-going racial harassment and discriminatory promotional and hiring practices also quite evident. In-depth immersion
into case materials highlights the centrality of racial stereotyping and significant discretion on the part of gatekeepers
within organizational environments-discretion in the use of “soft skills” criteria to exclude and debilitate mobility, and
in selective (or even targeted) use of seemingly neutral organizational policies and sanctions. Moreover, harassment on the
job—something that conventional workplace inequality research has overlooked—is quite problematic and well-represented in
these data. We conclude by discussing the implications of our results for the conceptualization of inequality reproduction
and that pertaining to race, status, and the workplace in particular. |
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