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The 33 Whitest Jobs in America
The Atlantic ^ | 11/06/2013 | Derek Thompson

Posted on 11/07/2013 10:51:54 AM PST by Responsibility2nd

The workforce is even more stratified by race than you'd imagine. The differences in unemployment rates, participation rates, and average earnings between whites, blacks, and Hispanics aren't just stark. They're also sturdy, rarely yielding over the last 40 years.

The racial gaps are stark at the job level, too.

Whites account for about 81 percent of the workforce. But there are 33 occupations counted by the BLS (particularly those on farms, around heavy machines, in doctor's offices, and in C-suites) where whites officially account for nine in ten of all workers, or more. Here they are.

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: employment; jobs; unionthugs; whitejobs
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To: willywill

Interesting. Care to be more specific? Just curious.


121 posted on 11/07/2013 2:03:08 PM PST by sakic
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

He can’t help it. He is wired that way.


122 posted on 11/07/2013 2:05:27 PM PST by sakic
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To: armydawg505

I kid you not, I saw that same commercial last night for the first time; I turned to my wife and asked when canoeing became so popular with blacks (I see people canoeing in the NJ Meadowlands, and others when I hike along the NJ/NY border, and they are without exception white - even though many blacks live in the area). I don’t believe there is anything “anti-white” about the commercial; it is just bizarre, as though they are trying to sell blacks a “white” lifestyle while selling whites an image of blacks completely at odds with what they see every day.


123 posted on 11/07/2013 2:08:00 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: armydawg505

“Everyone here is wrong about the whitest job in America. Its playing the part of a home invader in a home security commercial, NEVER seen anyone other than middle class white guys doing it on tv.”

LMAO! Best post I’ve read today, and so darn true.


124 posted on 11/07/2013 2:14:32 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: driftless2
I dared to challenge the assertions of an apparently black poster. I guess this is verboten by the speech police at the PC Atlantic.
125 posted on 11/07/2013 2:17:21 PM PST by clintonh8r (Don't twerk me, Bro!)
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To: sakic

“Interesting. Care to be more specific? Just curious.”

well, as a white, Christian male (and heterosexual to boot), i’m a member of the only group that it is legal to discriminate against. so, when I read something like that article, I think, well, its ok to point out homogenous areas like these jobs, because its mostly white men, but in polite company no one would dare say, “hey. lets get a Christian fed chairman for a change”. that is all.


126 posted on 11/07/2013 2:58:20 PM PST by willywill
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To: dblshot

You bring up an interesting point. The article is only focused on one aspect of the “study.” I’d be interested to see the statistics for occupations dominated by blacks and others.


127 posted on 11/07/2013 3:33:35 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (We're At That Awkward Stage: It's too late to vote them out, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Will whites ever quit being the whipping boy?


128 posted on 11/07/2013 5:24:52 PM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Responsibility2nd

If a job requires education, or is tedious, or dangerous in anyway then a white person will likely be doing it.


129 posted on 11/07/2013 5:27:50 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: clintonh8r

I gathered as much. It’s simultaneously amusing and frustrating to watch these people twist themselves into ideological knots ignoring what is right in front of them.


130 posted on 11/07/2013 5:40:00 PM PST by driftless2
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To: Responsibility2nd
Asians account for 20 percent of physicians and surgeons, but just 1 percent of vets.

Perhaps they can't cut it.

131 posted on 11/07/2013 5:49:13 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I worked for a company in South Carolina. We were purchased by a New York based corporation. In our introductory meetings we were told our racist culture would be changed and they would begin recruiting blacks.

They assumed we were racist since we were in the South. But the folks from up North who came down were always evaluating everything based on race.

Our local facility was right in the middle of the black neighborhood. But the black people weren’t interested in our work. It was hard work.

They finally hired two women of the right skin color for the office. At one of our gatherings they announced they had finally hired some black employees, had them stand up, and everyone applauded them.

After the meeting they both came to my office spitting nails. They thought they were hired for their skill sets! They left shortly after that, and told everyone the new owners were the jerks and stay away.


132 posted on 11/07/2013 6:05:33 PM PST by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: dmz

Keep working your way down, and you will eventually get to the banjo... LOL


133 posted on 11/07/2013 7:51:51 PM PST by ArtDodger
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To: turducken

IMHO, the “blackest” jobs in America are in government. Social service agencies are full of good-paying, useless jobs sucking off the government teat while keeping as many other people uneducated and dependent on government in the name of job security.


134 posted on 11/07/2013 8:04:54 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: Dick Vomer
On our local radio news break, today, they talked about a recent study that showed high school aged whites still outscore hispanics and blacks, overall.

This is after years of throwing money and studies and programs at *fixing* this *problem*.

High scores = better paying jobs.

135 posted on 11/07/2013 8:14:39 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I saw what you did there and I am LOL!


136 posted on 11/07/2013 9:21:39 PM PST by JouleZ (You are the company you keep.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The first commenter mentioned culture as a big influence in what jobs people pursue.

The second commenter argued that farming and ranching was a White man’s job because it took place in mostly White states.

The truth is that the Blacks moved to the cities to escape farm work. They were happy to move to the cities and collect a regular pay check. Farming was associated with slavery and poverty. After the Civil War, even the white farmers were struggling.

Valuing education for the sake of education is the cultural difference that influences these employment statistics. Asians dominate medicine because Asians put a very high value on education and medical schools have been very competitive academically and medicine pays better than veterinary school, although veterinary schools are even more academically competitive than medical schools.

The competition for slots in medical schools is declining dramatically, though, with the onset of Obamacare. Entrance slots at medical schools all across the country have gone unfilled the last several years.


137 posted on 11/08/2013 9:34:32 AM PST by Eva
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