
This book provides a reasoned unflinching description of how race & paid work are linked in US society It offers readers the rich conceptual & empirical foundation needed to understand key issues surrounding both race & work Loscocco trace current patterns to their historical roots showing that the work lives of women & men from different race & ethnic groups have always been interrelated The chapters document the US s multicultural labor history discuss how labor markets & jobs became segregated & analyze key racial-ethnic patterns in work opportunities The book also addresses common misconceptions about why women & men from some racial-ethnic groups end up with better jobs than others It closes with a look at contemporary developments & suggests steps toward a future in which race-ethnicity will no longer affect work opportunities & experiences Race & Work deepens understanding & elevates the discussion of race racism & work in an engaging accessible style It will be an essential resource for anyone interested in work race-ethnicity social inequality or intersections among race gender & class