White men have a distinct advantage in the job market

[Help_I_Live_In_Idaho]

I am a white ma and I can get jobs easier than minorities. Why dispute this? Further there is discrimination I endure here in backwater fundamentalist creationist Idaho nepotism that is impossible to defeat.

[Catherine Vincent]

1. LOL @ your name.

[Pholus]

2. Let me fix that for ya

UNTIL they reach a certain age (early 50's).

[notesdev]

3. Not anymore

Go look at the job loss demographics. White males hit hardest (and by a large margin).

[napoleon_in_rags]

4. That's not what I'm seeing:

http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/03/15/job-losses-hit-black-men-hardest/

Gotta source?

[Pholus]

5. Don't doubt you a bit that it's tough for everyone.

And no, no sources, just people I know who are hard working, qualified and unemployed but a bit older than others.

[jcarterhero]

6. True

We still have a long way to go when it comes to racism.

[slackmaster]

7. Maybe so, but being a white man hasn't protected me from age discrimination

They'll always find some reason to keep you down no matter what you look like.

[NishiKotarou]

8. Hmmm...

I live in a largely caucasian part of town but no matter where I've worked, there have always been a large percentage of minorities than caucasians. I've always assumed it was an education gap thing (since I don't have a college degree of any kind) but maybe it isn't? My liberalism tells me that whites have the upper hand, especially males. I absolutely detest when I hear fellow white men complain about how a "Mexican" took his job. Knowing the actual reality of the situation may be interesting though... post away!