Candy and chocolate are treats enjoyed by many. They come in a variety, ranging from Snickers and Hershey's to Starbursts and Skittles. When choosing these treats we usually pick the ones we like and exclude the distasteful ones on the basis of flavor or packaging. A candy that is normally "excluded" from the group is black licorice. To be frank, I think black licorice is a candy with a horrid taste; however I tend to "sympathize" with it. Now, I'm not saying that I can relate to black licorice because I'm dark skinned. I am saying it because there were times in my life where I felt excluded from things much as I am inclined to exclude licorice. As a child who has lived in three countries, adjusting can be tough. I remember living in Antigua for a huge chunk …show more content…
However, this is not the least to say their "exclusion" has ended. Even in the workforce, African Americans received racial bias when competing for jobs against their white counterparts. Research has shown that "black job seekers were offered significantly less compensation than whites by potential new employers. Second, blacks were much more likely to accept these lower offers than their white counterparts"(Fryer). Research Jorg Spenkuch came to the conclusion that "racial discrimination must account for at least a third of the factors that contribute to black workers receiving lower wages than whites"(Fryer). Now Spenkuch isn't stating that this racial bias exists within every workplace nor is he validating that the emotional states of the employer plays a role in this bias. He is simply raising the awareness that numbers play a vital role. Spenkuch presents us with a scenario "In our model, employers are purely profit-seeking. The employer says, ‘I don’t care why blacks are less productive on average; I know that they are, because of the lower SAT scores and other data that are