People with a college degree are less likely to be unemployed than people without one (source: Andrew Sullivan):
But a college degree helps blacks less than it helps whites, especially in this recession (source: Andrew Sullivan):
See also Devah Pager’s stunning data on race, drug convictions, and employment prospects (in text or video). (Hint: it’s better to be a white felon than a black person with no felony record).
Via Thick Culture.
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Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
