"Racial Preference and Suburban Employment Opportunities"

Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago - 030105

Abstract Number: 030105

May 2003

Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (LAFMC) and the Chicago Urban League published a report detailing the results of a two-year study investigating how race preferences affect suburban employment opportunities. This study used matched-pair testing to examine the hiring practices of retailers for entry-level management positions in stores located throughout suburban Chicago. The report documents and quantifies significant disparities in hiring practices and illustrates the barriers experienced by black job applicants attempting to enter into the expanding suburban retail sector. You may access the full report below as a PDF document as well as read brief biographies on each of LAFMC's employment testers.

Contact Information:

Diana White
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
111 W. Jackson Boulevard, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 347-8359
Fax: (312) 341-1041
Email

Additional Information:

• LeeAnn Lodder, Scott McFarland, Diana White, et al, "Racial Preference and Suburban Employment Opportunities," 2003. (308kb, PDF)

• Eric Kleiman, "Equality Undercover: An inside view of Chicago's covert struggle to root out job discrimination," LSC's Equal Justice Magazine 1, No. 3 (Fall 2002).

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