WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. racial disparities remain in the hiring of college-educated African-American men, statistics indicate.
Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the unemployment rate for black male college graduates 25 and older so far this year has been nearly twice that of white male college graduates at 8.4 percent compared with 4.4 percent, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
The newspaper noted a study published this year in The Journal of Labor Economics indicated white, Asian and Hispanic managers tended to hire more whites and fewer blacks than black managers.
"It does weigh on you in the (job) search because you're wondering, how much is race playing a factor in whether I'm even getting a first call, or whether I'm even getting an in-person interview once they hear my voice and they know I'm probably African-American?" Yale University graduate Terelle Hairston, 25, told the Times.
Even so, many of the African-American college grads interviewed by the newspaper said they have hesitated to "pull the race card" in a desire to avoid the stigma that blacks are too quick to claim victimhood.
