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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED200683 AUTHOR: Rozen, Freida Shoenberg
TITLE: Employment and Ethnicity.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1980
NOTE: 23 p.; Not available separately; see UD 021 324.
Paper presented at a consultation sponsored by the U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights (Chicago, IL, December 3, 1979).
For a related document see UD 021 331.
ABSTRACT: Occupational stratification based on ethnic group
membership is still a part of American society. In the
past, ethnic stratification was perceived in conjunction
with ethnic succession and it was assumed that no group
would be permanently relegated to low occupational status.
Today, however, flaws in the system are showing. The idea
that at the end of the twentieth century individuals of
Polish or Italian descent should still be held back because
of their ancestry is unacceptable. Present affirmative
action programs address employment discrimination against
women and some racial minorities but do not generally
consider white ethnic groups. This is due partially to a
lack of data on income and occupational status among such
groups and partially to lack of perception regarding
discrimination against them. Available figures suggest that
economic prospects of "Euro-ethnics" are closely tied to
the prospects of urban areas in the northeast and north
central States, pointing to the need for economic
revitalization policies targeted toward these areas. Other
data indicate the need for employment training for
Euro-ethnic groups, if they are to break out of
circumscribed occupational categories. Also needed are
better data (including data that differentiate religion
within ethnic groups), comparative and community case
studies, evaluation of affirmative action programs, and
more research into urban problems, if discrimination
against all Americans is to be eliminated.
(Author/GC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Information-Needs;
Religious-Cultural-Groups; Socioeconomic-Status; Tables
Data; Whites-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Employment-Level; *Equal-Opportunities
Jobs; *Ethnic-Discrimination; *Ethnic-Groups; *Ethnic
Stereotypes; *Occupations-
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