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That's an interesting publishing (from 1994). Do you know of anything more recent supporting this that there aren't enough intelligent black people to benefit effectively from affirmative action??
That's an interesting publishing (from 1994). Do you know of anything more recent supporting this that there aren't enough intelligent black people to benefit effectively from affirmative action??
The paper, "Thirty Years of Research on Race Differences in Cognitive Ability," by J. Philippe Rushton of the University of Western Ontario and Arthur R. Jensen of the University of California at Berkeley, appeared with a positive commentary by Linda Gottfredson of the University of Delaware, three critical ones (by Robert Sternberg of Yale University, Richard Nisbett of the University of Michigan, and Lisa Suzuki & Joshua Aronson of New York University), and the authors' reply.
"Neither the existence nor the size of race differences in IQ are a matter of dispute, only their cause," write the authors. The Black-White difference has been found consistently from the time of the massive World War I Army testing of 90 years ago to a massive study of over 6 million corporate, military, and higher-education test-takers in 2001.
Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending argued in “The 10,000 Year Explosion” that some human groups experienced a vastly accelerated rate of evolutionary change within the past few thousand years, benefiting from the new genetic diversity created within far larger populations, and in response to the new survival, social and reproductive challenges of agriculture, cities, divisions of labour and social classes. Others did not experience these changes until the past few hundred years when they were subject to contact, colonisation and, all too often, extermination.
I didn't know that we had a problem. I understand that things are bad out there but they are bad for everyone. Of those small business's out there that have not hired an African American during the recession have they hired anyone else? What is the solution to this lack of hiring African Americans? Is it being suggested that jobs should be created out of thin air and given to African American men? Should the business owners fire qualified people that have the jobs and offer those jobs to someone else that also may be qualified? What is the OP's suggestion?
As I mentioned on a thread in another forum, the reason why some companies are now hesitant to hire blacks is because they know that they run the risk of facing a discrimination lawsuit if the have to fire that black employee even though no discrimination took place.
In other words companies are tired of settling $ every time a black employee claims racism.
Well certainly this topic is going off into the deep end so... Back to the OP's original question... I would like to assure you small businesses do in fact hire qualified AAs. However, race cards are not accepted at interviews. Solid skill sets, education and a good work history are the order of the day, and always have been. Even with those important qualities, many, MANY good people are having to settle for part time work, or no work at all. It is not an issue of racism, it is an issue of there are not enough crumbs to go around these days.
Now, as mentioned, skills are important. I will give you an example that, on the surface, suggests that my former employer does not hire (many) AA workers. Working in Detroit, a 90% black city, about 35% of my coworkers were black. Was it because my boss was racist? From all accounts, he was a well liked and fair guy. But think about this... Only 25% of the DPS students actually graduate highschool. Well, our company required at least a highschool diploma or G.E.D. I can't work with someone who has not at least demonstrated proficiency in high school math, and if they drop out of high school, whose to say they're going to bother showing up for work on time every day? So, was my boss discriminating by not hiring AA high school dropouts? A person proficient in basic high school math would suggest not...
1) There are less African American males with higher education, or even basic education. Verification: 47 % of African American males graduate from high school.
If a company wanted to hire only people with high school degrees, there are less African American males to choose from, than the rest of the popluation.
There are other reasons, but those would start a racist dialogue, rather than answer the question.
It all comes down to biasness. Sadly, the AA youth is associated or heavily influenced by the hip hop,rap,ghetto,thug culture. And this culture is not associated with good things. Pants sagging, gangs, broken english, crime, etc.
From the NYT article, "those interviewed told subtler stories, referring to surprised looks and offhand comments, interviews that fell apart almost as soon as they began, and the sudden loss of interest from companies after meetings."
The above confirms that fact the biasness is a heavy component during interviews. An interview will not give you the job due to your race, gender, age, sexual preference, religion, appearance, etc. This happens to all.
It all comes down to biasness. Sadly, the AA youth is associated or heavily influenced by the hip hop,rap,ghetto,thug culture. And this culture is not associated with good things. Pants sagging, gangs, broken english, crime, etc.
From the NYT article, "those interviewed told subtler stories, referring to surprised looks and offhand comments, interviews that fell apart almost as soon as they began, and the sudden loss of interest from companies after meetings."
The above confirms that fact the biasness is a heavy component during interviews. An interview will not give you the job due to your race, gender, age, sexual preference, religion, appearance, etc. This happens to all.
Which NYT article? It's already been shown in this thread that it is not "biasness", but because there are not enough adequate AAs.
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