Black Women in the History of African American Economic Thought

Burbridge, Lynn C.

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“…Relatively few studies about academic stratification compare results as they vary by a combination of race/ethnicity and gender in sociology and, especially, in economics. There is, in particular, a lack of studies on Black women economists (Burbridge, 1997). The recent study by Zambrana et al (2017) is a notable exception.…”

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Who Climbs the Academic Ladder? Race and Gender Stratification in a World of Whiteness

Moore

Cid-Martinez

Toney

et al. 2018

The Review of Black Political Economy

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Under-represented minority (URM) faculty can expand the range of perspectives taught to students, but only if they are hired, granted tenure, and promoted. Their career paths can be constrained due to a stratification process that appears to legitimate a non-Hispanic White male set of rules and practices, including value neutrality and objectivity. This article measures specific aspects of human and social capital and their relationship to academic stratification in two social science disciplines, economics and sociology. Here, we measure stratification by the distribution of academic rank and examine differences based on discipline, institution type, race/ethnicity, gender, and publications in terms of academic career success. Our data are unique because they are gathered from multiple secondary sources. One contribution of this article is to measure social capital as a "two worlds" phenomenon, taken from W. E. B. Du Bois. Not surprisingly, we find that "publish or perish" still rules. Conversely, URM-oriented social capital, which can provide a safe space and opportunities to collaborate on scholarly work, is not significant. But, it may be related to feelings of satisfaction and inclusion. The only exceptions are URM-oriented sections in sociology. The article concludes with a series of policy recommendations to support URM faculty members in their careers.

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Who Climbs the Academic Ladder? Race and Gender Stratification in a World of Whiteness

Moore

Cid-Martinez

Toney

et al. 2018

The Review of Black Political Economy

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“…From the 1940s up until the 1980s, black women were making dramatic gains in the labor market—moving closer to white women in economic status—but that progress has since slowed (Cunningham and Zalokar 1992). Black women continue to find themselves in lower‐status, lower‐paying jobs compared with white women (Burbridge 1994)—disadvantages perhaps triggered by their race status, but also possibly by simultaneous class‐related inequalities that they uniquely face. For both women and minorities, there indeed remain “unseen, yet unbreachable barriers that keeps [them] from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder, regardless of their qualifications or achievements” (Federal Glass Ceiling Commission 1995:4; see also Cotter et al.…”

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Discrimination, Women, and Work: Processes and Variations by Race and Class

Ortiz

Roscigno

2009

The Sociological Quarterly

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Research on gender and workplace stratification has made clear that persistent employment, wage, and mobility gaps exist, and that discrimination at organizational and interactional levels is playing a role. Few studies, however, have been able to directly capture processes involved. In this article, we draw on unique qualitative and quantitative data pertaining to verified cases of workplace sex and race discrimination (1988 to 2003), and analyze the discriminatory experiences of African-American and white women across various occupational statuses. Notable are high levels of discriminatory firing for both groups, but higher instances of race-based promotional discrimination for black women-a pattern partially linked to their disparate concentration in sex-segregated workplaces and in positions of lower occupational prestige. Our qualitative immersion into case materials reveals influential mechanisms and employer justifications, unique manifestations of differential treatment on the job, and the use of "soft skill" criteria in gatekeeper decision making. We conclude by discussing important dimensions of workplace discrimination for women, variations by social class and race status, and how complexities of status matter for what women experience and gatekeeper behavior.

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Black Women in the History of African American Economic Thought

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References 9 publications

Who Climbs the Academic Ladder? Race and Gender Stratification in a World of Whiteness

Who Climbs the Academic Ladder? Race and Gender Stratification in a World of Whiteness

Discrimination, Women, and Work: Processes and Variations by Race and Class

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