College Degree Doesn’t Close Racial Gap
Johnny Williams, aged 30, has some great names on his resume such as JP Morgan Chase and the University of Chicago. When he graduated from business school last year, he did not have much success obtaining job interviews and as a result he deleted his resume of details such as his membership in the African-American business students association.
In a similar situation, Jabbar Sykes, 37 has a math degree from Morehouse College. He now uses the name Barry Sykes while searching for work although he has used the name Jabbar his entire life.
Race continues to be an obstacle in the job market for African Americans regardless that they have respected college degrees. The African American unemployment rate is twice that of what it is for caucasian’s and studies have found that applicants with ‘ethnic sounding’ names receive 50% few callbacks than those who have ‘traditional sounding’ names.
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