Monday, May 14, 2007

MLK Opion on Current Labor

I think Martin Luther King would be pretty happy with the progress that African Americans have made in the work force today. Since 13% of Americans are African American, their percentage in job participation is also low because they don't represent a large portion of the American population. I don't think King would be pleased that the hightest percentage of blacks in any job is being a barber. King wouldn't be happy that 35% of Africans Americans are working in a hair salon, while only 3.2% are CEO's, 4.7% are lawyers. and 6.1% are surgeons. It seems that as the 'prestige' of the job goes up, the percent of African Americans holding that job goes down.

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