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It’s kind of sad when you have to go overseas to get people who understand your plight. With black unemployment going through the roof, there is hardly a peep about the disparity coming from elected officials other than the Congressional Black Caucus. The UK Guardian, an influential paper in England, has stepped up to discuss the matter, seeking to get to the heart of the problem.
Employment discrimination affects millions of “us,” as we watch the white people around us get promotions that we deserve or get job opportunities that we are more than qualified to do. Being “too black” is a great way to lose a job, leading many of us to reject one another in order to maintain favor with our bosses. The situation is sad, and let’s hope that one day, we can find solutions, both as a community and as a country. This has got to end.
KultureKritic.com tells more:
The U.K. based publication The Guardian had a novel idea, instead of reporting about black unemployment, the newspaper is going directly to the source, and inviting African Americans to discuss their frustrations as part of a panel.
Unemployment in the African American community is nearly double that of the white community, and The Guardian ‘s panel seeks to peel back the layers and get to the heart of the issue, and is asking for black participants who are willing to share their experiences while looking for work. Among other questions, the publication wants to know how race impacts black people who are unemployed. How do you deal with it? Who supports you in your quest for work?
In addition to the panel, The Guardian published comments from black readers. Here is a portion of the comment by Lorrie Brown, which was poignant:
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mitch
July 20, 2012 at 12:40 pm
the more exposure to this problem the better. white supremacy is about hogging all the jobs for racist whites and giving black people a hard time. guns and dope are dumped in the black community where the people have no health insurance, and anger and despair are every where. the homicide in CHICAGO is a result of repuglikkklan policies; did anybody say voter purge=white supremacy. prisons filled with black men=white supremacy. trillions spent on wmd/war//bush friends loot the banks so there’s no cash/romney/ to educate our kids…to be continued
Mr run it
July 20, 2012 at 11:59 am
(“dumbass derrick”)
where do you think your at right now? do you believe your defending black people and fighting white oppression?? by posting comments?? dude it seem you done lost your grip wit reality! when u press post comment it doesn’t effect anything in the real world! and if you cant differentiate between the two then that means u must done went crazy! dude i ask you to stop posting so many hatefilled comments because its so annoying it got people leaving the site! but some of the comments u left here made me see that you actually believe that u in some kind of battle with the world for justice on the COMMENT SECTION OF A WEBSITE ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! haha! h**l naw dude u done lost it!! ha! ha! ha! ha! fo real!! this ni–a thank he changing the world one comment at a time huh? ha! ha! ha! haha! i didn’t know it was dat easy-just press enter and you can change the world haha! u must got a magic keyboard-boy i cant imagine how sad a sorry u must be in real life