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The most interesting factoid in this article to me aren't the jobs on the list but the fact that Whites make up 81% of the workforce. Whites only make up 65% of the population.
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Whites account for about 81 percent of the workforce. But there are 33 occupations counted by the BLS (particularly those on farms, around heavy machines, in doctor's offices, and in C-suites) where whites officially account for nine in ten of all workers, or more. Here they are.
I'm passing this along, not because I think it tells us something extraordinarily new, but as a side salad to this longer piece about jobs and race. Still I'd be fascinated to hear theories about the list, because I'm not even going to try. Asians account for 20 percent of physicians and surgeons, but just 1 percent of vets. Grounds cleaning/maintenance workers are 44 percent black, but groundskeepers are 90 percent white. I don't know why, maybe you do.
The most interesting factoid in this article to me aren't the jobs on the list but the fact that Whites make up 81% of the workforce. Whites only make up 65% of the population.
Asians account for 20 percent of physicians and surgeons, but just 1 percent of vets.
Both require a lot of education and their respective schools are highly selective but vets earn less money. Additionally, people don't immigrate over to get vet jobs. Just food for thought.
The most interesting factoid in this article to me aren't the jobs on the list but the fact that Whites make up 81% of the workforce. Whites only make up 65% of the population.
What percentage of the non-white population isn't of workforce age?
I love how some are just flat out ignoring the article's rational to why this is.
There's a link to another article in the OP post which goes on to explain that Blacks/Hispanics account for nearly 1/2 of HS dropouts.
Education is the key. There is no way you're getting a high paying career type job when you drop out of school.
Now, why is the dropout rate so high with these minorities ? For that you then need to look at family/culture.
It all points back to family. Parents are the greatest influence to a child and the only teachers for a child's first 5 years of life. Bad parenting or no parenting is your problem here and there is nothing any of us can do about that.
Some of that data is not believable to me. For example - painters (construction). In Texas, I think 90% of painters are Mexican/Hispanic. Since Texas likely has more than 10% of the construction going on in the US now, Texas alone would skew that data. I can't believe 90% of painters in California are white.
Another interesting point in the article is the impact of unions on the whiteness of certain jobs. It seems unions have a long history of blatant racism.
Some of that data is not believable to me. For example - painters (construction). In Texas, I think 90% of painters are Mexican/Hispanic. Since Texas likely has more than 10% of the construction going on in the US now, Texas alone would skew that data. I can't believe 90% of painters in California are white.
Another interesting point in the article is the impact of unions on the whiteness of certain jobs. It seems unions have a long history of blatant racism.
California has a painter's union.
Texas has no unions.
I grew up in NYC. You don't just walk into the union hall and tell them you want to join.
And yet the Dems embrace the unions.
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