9. More Than Just the Latinos-Next-Door; Piercing Black Silence on Immigration; and Plugging Immigration’s Drain on Black Employment

This study estimates change in the racial inequality of employment during the 1960s, a decade characterized by substantial economic growth and significant government antidiscriminatory activity. The focus is on the influence of (1) structural change, as measured by industrial and occupational growth, and (2) indicators of industrial structure (e.g., profitability, concentration) on change in the racial composition of occupations within industries. The analysis indicates that black workers in both white-collar and blue-collar occupations made relative employment gains primarily in expanding sectors of the economy. The structural growth that occurred in the 1960s, therefore, had substantial benefits for black employment opportunities. Extrapolating from our findings on black employment gains in the 1960s, we conclude that there is little reason to expect dramatic progress in positional inequality for blacks today given current political and economic conditions.

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Black Employment in the South: The Case of the Federal Government.

ILR Review ◽

10.2307/2522618 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 406

Author(s):

Richard L. Rowan ◽

R. Lynn Rittenoure

Keyword(s):

Federal Government ◽

The South ◽

Black Employment

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Permanent Black Immigrants’ Experiences of Working in Ontario

10.32920/ryerson.14649651 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Kimberly Coleman-Bryan

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Career Advancement ◽

African Descent ◽

Black Immigrants ◽

Systemic Racism ◽

Advancement Opportunities ◽

Black Employment ◽

Income Status ◽

African Caribbean ◽

Stable Employment

This Major Research Paper is a qualitative study that utilizes a narrative approach through an anti-Black racism lens to investigate the cultural, historical, political and socioeconomic factors that influences the career advancement and employment journey for Black immigrants in Ontario, specifically those from the Caribbean. This study follows the employment journey of two adults of African descent in Ontario. Through their stories, the two participants detail their experiences with subtle systemic racism and resulting precarious employment. Other common themes that emerged amongst the participants were low income status, blocked career advancement opportunities, maintaining multiple jobs, lack of training specifically for Black immigrant adults, and low wage employment. The paper concludes by highlighting the importance of changing policies and structures in order to remove the barriers to stable employment and career advancement faced by people of African descent. Keywords: Anti-Black Racism, Narrative, Ontario, African, Caribbean, Black, Employment Stability, Systemic and Policy

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