Economy
Formerly Incarcerated Blacks May Have an Edge in Oakland’s Job Market
A new study looks at how race, a criminal record, and an employer’s proximity to recent violent events affect a person’s job prospects—with surprising results.
Work: In the United States, it is all too commonly accepted that it is the deciding factor in whether you deserve such basic needs as decent health care or housing, quality food or old-age security. But work is harder to get for some than it is for others.
Specifically, if your name is Jermaine, Tremayne, Jamal, or Tyrone, you’ll have a much harder time than if your name is Alejandro, Julio, Eduardo, or Armando, or perhaps Brett, Alan, John, or Richard. At least in Oakland, California.