Henslin: Would You Hire an Ex-Convict?

Decades after decades the number of prison inmates had increased over 600%, and the thought of hiring someone with a criminal record had peaked Devah Pager, a sociologist professor's interest. She conducted an experiment where two white and two black male testers applied for a job position. They all had the same age, educational background, and work experience. One pair was assigned to have a criminal record. It was then that the result became clear between white and black males with and without criminal records. There a 34% callback for whites with no criminal records and only 14% callback for blacks with no criminal records. Those of whites with criminal records received 17% callback and blacks with only 5%. Even whites with criminal records received more callbacks than blacks without any criminal records. From these results, this displays a prevail in racial inequality.