Years has passed but little has changed

Even though slavery ended many years ago, the residual effects still lingers. The black men is still portrayed negatively by the media, which in turn bias the way the rest of the population of USA views the black community and their behaviour. The media present the black men in the way they do because it is more interesting, than for example a black man taking care of his child.

But the facts are not as simple as that. Compared to the rest of the demographic groups, black men is more likely to take of their children everyday and more black men are going to college but yet the recent black graduates from college has a harder time finding a job than white graduates do, as is visible in the graph. This is a not uncommon as the unemployment rate for black men over 16 are 12.2 per cent, while the rest of the population’s unemployment rate over 16 is 6.2 per cent. Furthermore, the job market discriminates against people, who carry “black sounding” names, like for example Lakisha Washington, and workplaces are more likely to employ people with “white sounding” names like “Emily Walsh”.

The graph shows the unemployment rates for recent college graduates

Ditte-Marie, Maria and Emma