Racism in employment, payment and general place in the capitalist system has never ceased to be an issue. Even in light of the general liberalization of today’s world and the fact that communities are becoming increasingly supportive of this issue, the size of the problem has not even diminished. Racial issues can still prevent a person from getting a job or earning a decent wage.
As sociologist Dalton Conley explains, that the average black family has only one-eighth of the net worth or assets of the average white family. This is indeed a legacy of past generations’ racial inequalities (68). No other measure captures the legacy – the aggregate disadvantage of the race for minorities or the aggregate advantage of the race for whites – other than net capital.
Therefore, it can be concluded that there is still active segregation of black people in the labor market. As most business workplaces are white-controlled, this tends to perpetuate racial inequalities in the labor market. The whites tend to hire whites because they get them through their own networks. Minorities, who are not directly connected to the people who own and control the work, are left out and missed.
Based on the above, it becomes clear that black people are left out because of the occupation of business by white people. Through the gradual liberalization of society and the opening up of new employment opportunities for black people, we can overcome this barrier. However, the problem is quite acute right now, and we should not underestimate it. It is essential to take action now to increase employment opportunities for black people and equalize them with whites.
Works Cited
Conley, Dalton and Jason Fletcher. The Genome Factor: What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History, and the Future. Princeton University Press, 2017.