Identity politics

JayHecht at aol.com JayHecht at aol.com
Thu May 28 07:54:17 PDT 1998


I agree with a lot of what Matt says and also recommend reading the Darrity- Mason piece and James Heckman's reply in the latest issue of the JEP.

In their article, Mason and Darrity reproduce (verbatim) job ads from the NYTs and other leading papers that state "whites only" or "European;" in one case they cite an ad for a women with "36-24-36" measurements! They conclude that while job discrimination has lessened for women, for minorities the trend since the mid-1970s has been worse. Heckman (as expected) accuses them of crying "fire" in a crowded theatre and tries to refute their claims.

Jason



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