Black Workers Really Do Need to Be Twice as Good [CityLab.com]

Samantha Sangenito 10/9/154:00 AM

For decades, black parents have told their children that in order to succeed despite racial discrimination, they need to be “twice as good”: twice as smart, twice as dependable, twice as talented. This advice can be found in everything from literature to television shows, to day-to-day conversation. Now, a new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that when it comes to getting and keeping jobs, that notion might be more than just a platitude.

[For more of this story, written by Gillian B. White, go to http://www.citylab.com/work/20...wice-as-good/409423/]

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