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Peer reviewedMarshall, Barbara – Phylon: The Clark Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture, 2001
Describes the phenomenon of working while black, which suggests that forms of racial profiling exist in the workplace and calls attention to predictable terms and conditions of employment that function to set black workers apart, thereby signifying degrees of marginalization, exclusion, and subordination in the workplace. Ten recommendations for…
Descriptors: Blacks, Employees, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Racial Bias
Peer reviewedBotan, Carl; Smitherman, Geneva – Journal of Black Studies, 1991
This study of lexical familiarity with black English for 324 African Americans, 266 whites, 21 Latino and "other", and 10 unidentified workers indicates that white industrial workers are more familiar with black English than are white white-collar workers. Black English is the core of an industrial lingua franca. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Black Influences, Blacks
