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Want To Make More Money? Don't "Sound Black." Or Southern! [Color Blindness]

jezebel.com » 2008 » July » 8th » Want To Make More Money? Don't "Sound Black." Or Southern! [Color Blindness]

Tagged: careers, workplace, black people, color blindness, sounding black

Over on the New York Times "Freakanomics" blog, Steven D. Levitt tackles the issue of "sounding black." Specifically: As it relates to one's salary. Levitt's University of Chicago colleague, Jeffrey Grogger, compared the wages of people who “sound black” when they talk to those who do not. Apparently, if you "sound black," you earn 10% less than if you do not "sound black," and Levitt adds that … Continue Reading »

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