Pager; Would you hire an Ex-convict?

In this article by Devah Pager, it talks about the consequences of incarceration when it comes to employment outcomes for black and white men. Pager conducts an audit for businesses in Milwaukee by having 2 pairs of white men and 2 pairs of black men. One pair has a criminal record and the other does not for each race. They apply for many jobs in the city and compare how many callbacks each pair has gotten. What i was really shocked about this article was that even the whites who had a criminal record got more callbacks than the blacks who had no criminal record. I thought that race wasn’t really much of an obstacle for job opportunities but that seems to be the case in Milwaukee. However i wonder if this study is relevant to the rest of the united states which in some places it must. But i really wonder if this is happening in my home state of California.

If i owned a business, would i hire an ex-con? for me that depends on what business i own, what there crime was and what there qualifications are. For example, if i owned a bank, and i interviewed someone who has the qualifications of a bank teller but has a criminal record that says he was arrested for something like grand theft, i wouldn’t feel comfortable hiring him regardless of race.