Feb
21
2010
Racial Discrimination in the American Workplace?
Author: Carolyn van Es-VinesI just read these sobering numbers from the 2010 Census report. Is this racism at its worst or are we as African Americans sabotaging ourselves? The Obama administration can address the disparities in employment and educational opportunities. But who’s going to fix the tragedy of our broken homes? One in five black families is headed by a single woman. What percentage of those single women is under the age of 25? Is it enough that Michelle Obama, a fierce black woman, is sitting in Washington as a role model? Can she single-handedly help African American women - nay, American women - recover and redefine our collective identity as black women? Whether lost opportunities are a sign of racial discrimination or our race’s lost identity, these numbers have got to change.
