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Re:The Unemployment Rate for People Like You by axod on Saturday November 07, 2009 @04:40AM (#927702)
Quite a lot of this seems US specific. I don't think for instance the UK has anywhere near the same level of racism.
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Re:The Unemployment Rate for People Like You by dschobel on Saturday November 07, 2009 @05:08AM (#927715)
'Shocking' racism in jobs market [1]

The figures show black, Asian and other ethnic minorities are twice as likely to be unemployed, half as likely to own their home and run double the risk of poor health, compared with white Britons. [2] (from 2001 census, sorry, most recent I could find)

[1]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3885213.stm

[2] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-today...

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Re:The Unemployment Rate for People Like You by natmaster on Saturday November 07, 2009 @05:12AM (#927716)
Correlation does not imply causation. http://xkcd.com/552/
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