abstract: 'The economic marginalization of African American men has been studied in

  a variety of contexts, from trade union exclusion, to joblessness, to

  disparate wages and mobility. Discrimination is often inferred as an

  influential mechanism, yet seldom directly examined in its own right.

  Drawing on a unique sample of verified workplace discrimination cases,

  this article analyzes forms and processes of discrimination that African

  American men face in employment. Our results denote the prevalence of

  discriminatory firing, with on-going racial harassment and

  discriminatory promotional and hiring practices also quite evident.

  In-depth immersion into case materials highlights the centrality of

  racial stereotyping and significant discretion on the part of

  gatekeepers within organizational environments-discretion in the use of

  ``soft skills{''''} criteria to exclude and debilitate mobility, and in

  selective (or even targeted) use of seemingly neutral organizational

  policies and sanctions. Moreover, harassment on the job-something that

  conventional workplace inequality research has overlooked-is quite

  problematic and well-represented in these data. We conclude by

  discussing the implications of our results for the conceptualization of

  inequality reproduction and that pertaining to race, status, and the

  workplace in particular.'
affiliation: 'Mong, SN (Corresponding Author), Ohio State Univ, Dept Sociol, 238 Townshend
  Hall,1885 Neil Ave Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 USA.

  Mong, Sherry N.; Roscigno, Vincent J., Ohio State Univ, Dept Sociol, Columbus, OH
  43210 USA.'
author: Mong, Sherry N. and Roscigno, Vincent J.
author-email: 'mong.23@osu.edu

  Roscigno.1@sociology.osu.edu'
author_list:
- family: Mong
  given: Sherry N.
- family: Roscigno
  given: Vincent J.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s11133-009-9142-4
eissn: 1573-7837
files: []
issn: 0162-0436
journal: QUALITATIVE SOCIOLOGY
keywords-plus: 'RACIAL-DIFFERENCES; WHITE MEN; PROMOTION DIFFER; LABOR-MARKET;

  MALE-FEMALE; RACE; BLACK; DETERMINANTS; MOBILITY; INEQUALITY'
language: English
month: MAR
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '87'
pages: 1-21
papis_id: d6b1bfc676140514e71d6b26a7e10eb9
ref: Mong2010africanamerican
times-cited: '45'
title: African American Men and the Experience of Employment Discrimination
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000274387100001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '39'
volume: '33'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2010'