"How Social Networks Drive Black Unemployment" (Nancy DiTomaso, NYT Opinionator "The Great Divide," May 5, 2013)

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Thesis

Black unemployment is driven by inclusion (favoritism) more than exclusion (discrimination). Whites help other white through social networks which are legal and invisible.

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Exclusion vs. inclusion

Exclusion (discrimination) is illegal and inclusion (favoritism) is legal

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Why do white networks matter

  • hold jobs that are protected from market competition

  • paid a living wage

  • offer training and advancement


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Why do white oppose affirmative action?

To protect favoritism, not about reverse discrimination.

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Nozick’s entitlement theory and libertarian assumptions about market — The market isn’t pure merit
Supports Rawl’s fair equality of opportunity