Cause Brother back home be hating when the seasons change. Cause they ain't got no heat and no A.C, Walmart Distribution just fired my homie he just had a baby. You wonder why there's been so many B and E's lately, why brothers from the hood shooting like this is TNT lately. And since all the ballers are leaving college early, you see no brothers with degrees lately. -J. Cole
Hi, I hope your are doing good. I had to take some time off and focus on school. It hitting harder than I thought I would, but that's life.
Anyway, I want to talk about something that has been on my heart this week. The other day, I got a call from one of my mentors. We were talking about life as always until we landed a specific topic. We were talking about economics and the financial empowerment for the black community.
Then, he stop me and told me about a article inside his local newspaper. The article was about jobs and the discrimination towards African-Americans in the hiring process when it comes to jobs.
The article basically said what I expected. Black people were not getting hired, even thought our qualification are equal to or even more impressive than those who got the job. Those who got the job were non-minority (I thought I should add that).
But, I hope y'all are sitting down, this is the shocker. Even greater than that, the black man got none of the jobs. The basis of the story is this.
The temp service which did the hiring and their affiliates that had jobs in which were to be worked, came out and share their racist beliefs.
In "private emails" and conversations that were leaked by a "Whistle-blower", the companies said that they don't want any black men working for their companies. The said basically, "Do not hire any Black Men." And, that they only hired some black women (with a certain look), but for inferior positions compared to others who got the job.
To read the full article go to http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/01/temp_agency_workers_detail_pre.html
Now, I try to keep the peace, I do. However, I can't help but be mad at something like this. In 2016, already (if you were blind before), racism is alive and well.
Hi, before I get ahead of myself, let me drop some facts and statistics. Y'all know I hate statistics, but for the purpose of showing you this is not one distinct case or just the south. Here are the stats. I looked these statistics up because of a series of earlier tweets from Mr. Clint Smith, a teacher and a P.hD candidate at Harvard University.
The statistics are that did not as much shock me, but made me sick to my stomach.
It is said, that a white male with a criminal record were hired at higher rates than a Black Male with no criminal record.
This is just Wow!
http://www.dmiblog.com/archives/2007/09/white_convicts_as_likely_to_be.html
http://www.blackenterprise.com/news/black-graduates-twice-as-likely-to-be-unemployed/
http://rollingout.com/2011/07/11/employers-prefer-white-felons-over-blacks-with-no-criminal-record-so-how-will-blacks-feed-their-families/
They won't let the black man have jobs, that's a shame. That is why I peach support black business and support black entrepreneurship.
Hi, I hope your are doing good. I had to take some time off and focus on school. It hitting harder than I thought I would, but that's life.
Anyway, I want to talk about something that has been on my heart this week. The other day, I got a call from one of my mentors. We were talking about life as always until we landed a specific topic. We were talking about economics and the financial empowerment for the black community.
Then, he stop me and told me about a article inside his local newspaper. The article was about jobs and the discrimination towards African-Americans in the hiring process when it comes to jobs.
The article basically said what I expected. Black people were not getting hired, even thought our qualification are equal to or even more impressive than those who got the job. Those who got the job were non-minority (I thought I should add that).
But, I hope y'all are sitting down, this is the shocker. Even greater than that, the black man got none of the jobs. The basis of the story is this.
The temp service which did the hiring and their affiliates that had jobs in which were to be worked, came out and share their racist beliefs.
In "private emails" and conversations that were leaked by a "Whistle-blower", the companies said that they don't want any black men working for their companies. The said basically, "Do not hire any Black Men." And, that they only hired some black women (with a certain look), but for inferior positions compared to others who got the job.
To read the full article go to http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/01/temp_agency_workers_detail_pre.html
Now, I try to keep the peace, I do. However, I can't help but be mad at something like this. In 2016, already (if you were blind before), racism is alive and well.
Hi, before I get ahead of myself, let me drop some facts and statistics. Y'all know I hate statistics, but for the purpose of showing you this is not one distinct case or just the south. Here are the stats. I looked these statistics up because of a series of earlier tweets from Mr. Clint Smith, a teacher and a P.hD candidate at Harvard University.
The statistics are that did not as much shock me, but made me sick to my stomach.
It is said, that a white male with a criminal record were hired at higher rates than a Black Male with no criminal record.
This is just Wow!
http://www.dmiblog.com/archives/2007/09/white_convicts_as_likely_to_be.html
http://www.blackenterprise.com/news/black-graduates-twice-as-likely-to-be-unemployed/
http://rollingout.com/2011/07/11/employers-prefer-white-felons-over-blacks-with-no-criminal-record-so-how-will-blacks-feed-their-families/
They won't let the black man have jobs, that's a shame. That is why I peach support black business and support black entrepreneurship.
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