http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/11/09/the-jobless-rate-for-people-like-you/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/11/09/the-jobless-rate-for-people-like-you/#comment-286401 Jemima Aslana Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:20:37 +0000 http://feministeminor.wordpress.com/?p=134#comment-286401 I wonder how disability would change the figure. Should be a category for visible and invisible as well as physical and psycho/neurological disabilities really. I betcha that would look really scary too. I wonder how disability would change the figure. Should be a category for visible and invisible as well as physical and psycho/neurological disabilities really. I betcha that would look really scary too.

]]> http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/11/09/the-jobless-rate-for-people-like-you/#comment-286253 Tina Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:14:31 +0000 http://feministeminor.wordpress.com/?p=134#comment-286253 So, whats the jobless rate for a white 22 year old lesbian trans girl with a Bachelor's degree in rural america? I dont think I want to know...it wouldn't be very encouraging. So, whats the jobless rate for a white 22 year old lesbian trans girl with a Bachelor’s degree in rural america? I dont think I want to know…it wouldn’t be very encouraging.

]]> http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/11/09/the-jobless-rate-for-people-like-you/#comment-285987 Beelzebub Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:07:34 +0000 http://feministeminor.wordpress.com/?p=134#comment-285987 Fascinating. By now, though, the overall unemployment rate is 10.2%, so I imagine that the results for people like me (and people like you) are even worse than this graph shows, since it uses earlier results. Fascinating. By now, though, the overall unemployment rate is 10.2%, so I imagine that the results for people like me (and people like you) are even worse than this graph shows, since it uses earlier results.

]]> http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/11/09/the-jobless-rate-for-people-like-you/#comment-285986 Caitlin Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:03:07 +0000 http://feministeminor.wordpress.com/?p=134#comment-285986 Telling is right--as a 24-year-old white woman with a college degree, it gives me a 6.6% jobless rate. If I keep my race as white but subtract the college degree, it gives me 9.8%, but if I keep the college degree and change my race to black, I get 13.8%. Telling is right–as a 24-year-old white woman with a college degree, it gives me a 6.6% jobless rate. If I keep my race as white but subtract the college degree, it gives me 9.8%, but if I keep the college degree and change my race to black, I get 13.8%.

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