This study utilizes a Critical Anti-Race Qualitative Phenomenological Methodology to challenge the dominant deficit perspective which reinforces the notion that the cultural deprivation of Blacks causes their marginalization. From this viewpoint, Blacks should take individual responsibility for changing their life conditions. However, this article…

Suggests that although discrimination against black women was reduced considerably between 1950 and 1966, there was little change for black men. (BH)

Uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and the U.S. Census of Industries (1982) to examine the growth in metropolitan job decentralization on the incidence and duration of joblessness among young males. Overall, growth in job decentralization negatively affects the employment patterns of young minority men. (SLD)

The papers contained in this volume were presented at a conference which focused on the problems faced by black women. The papers address socioeconomic, educational, occupational, and health issues, as well as stressing the special counseling needs of this population. It should be noted that each of these papers is individually cited and…

Reviews evidence which suggests that the sexual division of labor and ideology of sex roles are not determined by biological constraints, but by the structural constraints of a given society. Discusses how the ideology of femininity, which evolved from the life-style of upper class White women, oppresses Black women. (Author/GC)

A white high school dropout stands a better chance at employment than a black high school graduate, according to a study that maintains that persistent high black unemployment rates and lower paying, less prestigious jobs are not a matter of poorer or less education but of prejudice. (Author/LBH)

The failure of industrial policy advocates to discuss Black problems reflects the unconscious influence of the mismatch idea, which asserts that individuals are out of work because they lack skills or education. Blacks suffer disproportionately from America's economic problems and are concentrated in industries which have declined in recent years.…

Although racial discrimination contributes to increasing urban social dislocation, problems such as massive joblessness, the influx of migrants to cities, and demographic shifts underlie the current crisis. Change will only come about through public policies that benefit all the poor, not just poor minorities. (Author/GC)

In spite of increasingly effective anti-discrimination laws and a reduction in the educational differential between blacks and whites, the rapid economic progress made by Negroes in the 1940's and early 1950's has not continued. This study finds evidence that labor market adjustments and population changes are major factors. The labor market…

Suggests that in the absence of a tighter labor market, the high proportion of blacks and other minority group members or women cannot substantially improve their economic situation. The surest reinforcing agency for existing inequalities and discrimination is a continuing loose labor market. (Author/AM)

The work environment of the 1980s is changing rapidly as a result of technological advancement. These developments are eliminating many jobs once held by Black women, and creating new jobs for which many Black women are unprepared. Although Black women are making some inroads into the technical labor market (the percentage of Black women among all…

As a result of the manpower development and training act of 1962, the need to know more about the labor market experience of United States citizens has been emphasized. The census bureau has been collecting data since 1966 on the labor market experience of four groups in our population: men 45-59 years of age, women 30-44, and young men and women…

In this study, the occupational advancement of black and white workers of comparable ages is compared through longitudinal census data. Two specific hypotheses are tested which propose (1) large and systematic racial differentials exist in the effect of mobility on occupational advancement between firms; and (2) differentials in intrafirm…

This study examined the effects of several hypothesized determinants of early labor market success among out-of-school young men. Variables measured included: (1) success (in terms of hourly earnings), (2) social status of occupation, and (3) unemployment. Pre-hypothesized success factors upon which variables were based were: (1) socioeconomic…