African-Americans in the Workforce

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Position of African-Americans in major corporations. Negative findings by the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission. Better pay and treatment for white workers. Limitations imposed by organizational hierarchies. Stereotypical perceptions of white management. Impact of subjective criteria regarding promotion of African-Americans. New forms of racism in the business world.

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"Through the success of the civil rights movement and affirmative action, African Americans have become an integral part of the workforce. Blatant displays of racism such as racial slurs, demeaning comments and segregation no longer occur in the workplace. In fact, some African American executives have succeeded in moving steadily towards the upper echelons of major corporations. However, these images of progress belie the fact that throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the wage gap between whites and African Americans has grown increasingly wider, even when the educational differences are factored into the analysis (Tilly 5; Cancio, Evans and Maume 554-6). Even though African Americans constitute about 12 percent of the U.S. population, only five percent of African Americans acquired executive and managerial positions and 0.6 percent obtained senior executive ..."

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