Workplace Discrimination: Who Suffers the Most?

We all know how hard it is to find a job during a recession. Unfortunately, race, gender, sexual orientation, weight, smoking habits, and age can make your job search even harder and cause workplace discrimination.

Race 
According to the December 2009, Bureau of Labor Employment Situation Survey, the unemployment rates for the third quarter of 2009 were as follows:

• Adult men 10.1 percent
• Adult women 7.7 percent
• Teenagers 25.1 percent
• White 8.8 percent
• Black or African American 15.0 percent
• Latino ethnicity or Hispanic 12.7 percent

As you can see, black Americans are almost twice as likely to be out of work as white Americans. According to the New York Times, a college degree doesn’t always help when it comes to race. “The unemployment rate for black male college graduates twenty-five and older in 2009 has been nearly twice that of white male college graduates—8.4 percent compared with 4.4 percent.”

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