post # 4

I've always been told that America is a place of equality & opportunity.

If that's so, than why is the white man hired over the black man?

Both of them have high degrees in education & both posses similar skills.

Don't you think that race has anything to do with it? Many Americans today

tend to believe that racial discrimination does not play a role in class mobility,

but education does. Equality is not a reality in the American society. Education &

especially race does hinder someone's social standard. There is ample evidence

that racial inequalities remain when it comes to employment. Statistics have

shown that the unemployment rate for black men with college degrees was nearly

double, as opposed to white men. Luo's article shows that in 2009, black men with

a college degree had an unemployment rate of 8.4% compred to 4.4% for their white counterpart.