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The workforce is even more stratified by race than you'd imagine. The differences in unemployment rates, participation rates, and average earnings between whites, blacks, and Hispanics aren't just stark. They're also sturdy, rarely yielding over the last 40 years.
Not on the list was the industry I was in most of my adult working life: the fine jewelry, diamond, and luxury watch trades.
In fact all those years I worked in mid-town Manhattan on Fifth Avenue, of the hundreds of diamond cutters, gem cutters, and watchmakers I encountered I can not remember meeting a person "of color" in any of those professions. However, to be fair, there were plenty of non-white employees who worked for those businesses as accountants, bookkeepers, security officers and so on.
Not on the list was the industry I was in most of my adult working life: the fine jewelry, diamond, and luxury watch trades.
In fact all those years I worked in mid-town Manhattan on Fifth Avenue, of the hundreds of diamond cutters, gem cutters, and watchmakers I encountered I can not remember meeting a person "of color" in any of those professions. However, to be fair, there were plenty of non-white employees who worked for those businesses as accountants, bookkeepers, security officers and so on.
And I bet you the white people that made up that industry was almost entirely Jewish?
I'm not so sure how you make sense of such a list, for example they list mining machine operators but you think maybe becsue those industries are located predominately in white communities it might play a role there? It's like the Hockey analogy, blacks aren't represented in that sport becsue they don't live in areas where it is played.
They mention Asians account for 20% of physicians but only 1% of veterinarians.
Here is one interesting comment:
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Looking over this list, you might have noticed that many of the occupations are skilled construction jobs, such as electricians and carpenters. That's not a coincidence. Trade unions have had a complicated, and often ugly, history with race that's helped shut blacks and Hispanics out of these highly coveted lines of work. In 2005, Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote about the impact on Chicago's South Side:
If the inner city schools were run more efficiently, there wouldn't be an issue. Those apprenticeship opportunities usually require basic level math and reading exams prior to acceptance. There is no affirmative action in the union.
Not surprised about the veterinarians. White folks sure love their animals.
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