Race, ageism and the slide from privileged occupations
G Wilson, VJ Roscigno - Social Science Research, 2018 - Elsevier
The sociological literature on workplace inequality has been relatively clear regarding racial
disparities and ongoing vulnerabilities to contemporary structural and employer biases. We
still know little, however, about the consequences of age and ageism for minority workers
and susceptibilities to downward mobility. Coupling insights regarding race with recent work
on employment-based age discrimination, we interrogate in this article African Americans
and Whites, aged 55 and older, and the extent to which they experience job loss across …
disparities and ongoing vulnerabilities to contemporary structural and employer biases. We
still know little, however, about the consequences of age and ageism for minority workers
and susceptibilities to downward mobility. Coupling insights regarding race with recent work
on employment-based age discrimination, we interrogate in this article African Americans
and Whites, aged 55 and older, and the extent to which they experience job loss across …