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Issues Related to Ethnic Social Groups
In this paper we have discussed the issues African-Americans face in terms of employment, social stability and their identity as a separate ethnic community in the United States.
Sociological studies suggest that "black people" or "African-Americans" have always had little choice in the racial label given to them. Research and literature on this subject states that unlike some racial/ethnic identities, the "black identity" is conveniently assigned rather than asserted; "blacks have few options when it comes to choosing a racial label" (waters 1990). However, it is a possibility that African-Americans have a choice to select how relevant this racial identity is and how they choose to attach themselves with it. This choice can lead to specific political point-of-views, how it affects ones social relationships, how it affects ones employment chances. It's an identity that is very seldom considered.
During the latter half of the 20th century, Africans Americans were hired and held prominent positions in professional and managerial occupations than in any other period in the history of United States. For example according to statistics, there employment in the managerial and professional occupations increased from 13.7% in 1980 to 21.5% in 1999 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2000). However in comparison, the unemployment rate among African-Americans remained twice than that of Americans from 1972 to 1999 (Tidewell, 2000). In comparison to ratio, it was 8.2 for blacks and 3.6 for whites.
Although where labor participation for African-Americans improved, their complaints of racial discriminations while at work were higher than any other minority group. On the average the number of complaints from this group is 28,000 per year (Stafford, 2001, p.26). 65% of the 800 African-American households believe that are treated unfairly irrespective of their employment status. Also, the labor force felt that they are paid fairly less than whites and there promotion in jobs is limited because of their ethnic background. This belief is supported by U.S. census data that shows African-Americans earn 30% less than non-Hispanic whites (Tidwell, 2000).
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