The occupational mobility of black males revisited: Does race matter?

Davis, Theodore J.

doi:10.1016/0362-3319(95)90001-2

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“…For example, Black families who would be classified as middle class according to traditional measures of educational attainment and income lag far behind their White counterparts in terms of accumulated wealth (Conley, 1999). Being born to middle‐class status does not offer African Americans the same degree of “protection” from downward mobility enjoyed by Whites of similar socio‐economic status (Davis, 1995; Pattillo‐McCoy, 1999a). This is true partly because most middle‐class Blacks have achieved, rather than inherited, their status, so few have large assets to bequeath (Conley, 1999; McAdoo, 1997; Oliver & Shapiro, 1997).…”

Section: Black America: a Classed And Class‐conscious Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Race, Class and the Dilemmas of Upward Mobility for African Americans

Cole¹,

Omari²

2003

Journal of Social Issues

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We use the concept of intersectionality to explore the psychological meaning of social class and upward mobility in the lives African Americans. Throughout, we pay special attention to the context of education, a site which many Black Americans feel represents their best hope for upward mobility. Literature related to three themes is reviewed and discussed: (a) the history and significance of class divisions within the Black community, (b) experiences of educational institutions as entryways to upward mobility, and (c) the hidden costs of mobility. It is suggested that future research should address the intersection of gender with class and race, the relevance of class to racial identity, and the experience of downward mobility among Black Americans.

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Section: Black America: a Classed And Class‐conscious Societymentioning

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Race, Class and the Dilemmas of Upward Mobility for African Americans

Cole¹,

Omari²

2003

Journal of Social Issues

180

166

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“…Pettigrew (1980) pointed to the increasing occupational concentration of blacks in lower-sector jobs as signaling the continuing persistence of racial stratification in the labor market. Davis' (1995) analysis on the social mobility of black males since the early 1970s found a continuing significance of race in influencing occupational mobility of some black males. 7 In a more recent study, Grodsky and Pager (2001) employ 1990 PUMS data and observe that racial disparities in earnings between blacks and whites persist in many occupations, especially in some of the most prestigious jobs.…”

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“…7 Davis (1995) shows that some black males are experiencing enhanced occupational mobility into white-collar positions, while at the same time, some are experiencing downward mobility. 8 We draw here from Grodsky and Pager (2001:543), who argue that indeed many analyses, "often ignore the potential variation in racial earnings inequality at different points in the occupational structure."…”

Section: The Continuing Significance Of Race Within Certain Job Segmentsmentioning

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The Continuing Significance of Race in the Occupational Attainment of Whites and Blacks: A Segmented Labor Market Analysis*

Kim

Tamborini

2006

Sociological Inquiry

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In this article we posit that racial discrimination is not uniform across the U.S. labor market. While it is likely that patterns of racial discrimination occur in some types of jobs more than others, little empirical research has examined the effect of race across segmented labor markets. Incorporating two decades of comparable General Social Survey data, this article revisits William J. Wilson's hypothesis that the significance of race in determining labor market outcomes is declining. We examine the effect of race within two dissimilar labor segments over time, dividing the labor market into technique‐versus social‐skills‐oriented segments. Using this theoretically useful dichotomy, we examine if the net effect of race (African American and white men) on occupational prestige has declined from the 1970s to the 1990s. Our multivariate analysis shows that the net effect of race is different in each labor market. This suggests that racial discrimination against African Americans is not uniform across the entire labor market, but instead is differentiately manifested within various labor market segments. Overall, our findings partially support Wilson's thesis indicating that while the effect of race is no longer a significant indicator of occupational prestige by the 1990s in a technique‐oriented job segment, it remains a significant predictive variable within a social‐skills‐oriented job segment, even when controlling for a range of social class and structural variables.

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“…Changes in the labour market structure encompass the growth of the manual and non-manual occupations at the expense of the farming sector as well as a continued growth of the non-manual sector and a stagnation and decline of the manual sector. Demographic variables influence the relationship between individual traits and educational and occupational attainment as is the case, for example, for ethnic differences (Davis, 1995). Socio-structural factors, such as the type of school children attend, also mediate the influence of intelligence on educational achievement (Kerckhoff, 1993).…”

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Cognitive Ability and Occupational Status in a British Cohort

Thienpont

Verleye

2004

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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The relation between individual trait differences, social mobility and social structure is central to social biology. Because genetic variance underlies phenotypic variance in some of these traits, for example IQ, several mechanisms determine the population variance. Polygenic inheritance is the basic mechanism. Social mobility and assortative partner choice distribute the trait variance within generations. This feedback circle is constrained by sociological conditions at several levels of analysis. Fundamental to this theory of social assortment is the relation between social–biological traits and social class on the one hand, and these traits and social mobility on the other hand. The focus here is on the relation between social class, social mobility and cognitive ability. The National Child Development Study is drawn upon, including the last follow-up (1999–2000). By approaching this relationship through various methods, both social–biological and sociological aspects of this research question can be assessed.

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The occupational mobility of black males revisited: Does race matter?

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Race, Class and the Dilemmas of Upward Mobility for African Americans

Race, Class and the Dilemmas of Upward Mobility for African Americans

The Continuing Significance of Race in the Occupational Attainment of Whites and Blacks: A Segmented Labor Market Analysis*

Cognitive Ability and Occupational Status in a British Cohort

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