tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post5516246136346800494..comments2024-03-28T23:36:14.807-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Jobs that are over- and under-represented by African-American workersEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-70047727374162800652020-01-20T08:14:51.641-05:002020-01-20T08:14:51.641-05:00The formula I put in Excel was =((original data ex...The formula I put in Excel was =((original data expressed as decimal)/0.133-1) then reformatted as a percentage<br /><br />Data was in a table. The column in question was labeled 2018/Percent of total employed/Black or African American<br /><br />0.7% of the people employed in Aerospace product and parts manufacturing are Black or African American<br /><br />Looking at the high end, most jobs in urban transport are in large cities with far more than 13.3% African Americans. Postal jobs and jobs in Corrections are given out by competitive exam where all African Americans who score over 70% are automatically given 100%. It is generally believed that the average African American woman is physically as strong as the average white male which makes the high representation in healthcare believable because it is physically demanding to move inert patients and change beds.<br /><br />Regarding Aerospace: The three largest metro areas for aerospace employment are Seattle (7.9% Black), Los Angeles (9.8% Black) and Dallas/Fort Worth (15.4% Black)Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-81972583677825334482020-01-20T07:36:20.196-05:002020-01-20T07:36:20.196-05:00It's ominous how comments here so far equate A...It's ominous how comments here so far equate African Americans with low IQ or laziness.<br /><br />"Most Under-represented:<br />Aerospace product and parts manufacturing -94.7%<br />(...)<br />Aircraft and parts manufacturing -48.9%"<br /><br />Now this sounds mutually exclusive. <br />So I looked up the source and I gotta say I'm not sure OP got the math right / meaningful. I don't have time right now to check that, though.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-41644578231798155382020-01-17T20:32:02.096-05:002020-01-17T20:32:02.096-05:00Bartending requires sober family, or at least fami...Bartending requires sober family, or at least family that doesn't insist on freeloading? Makes sense. <br /><br />As for carrying concrete, the dude that wants to work is going to outlast anyone who doesn't care if he's working. Many Blacks do have culture problems. Concrete work leaves you hurting at the end of the day. It is for tough men, and I don't think the ghetto raises many tough men.<br /><br />To drive a fuel truck, you have to get a CDL with hazmat endorsement, have to pass a pee test, have to be able to follow instructions. I see a lot of stumbling blocks for people with low IQ, poor impulse control and a culture of sullen defiance.<br /><br />Something else that's driving this is the Affirmative Action-driven demand for capable or at least harmless Blacks. If you are somewhat tractable, able to stay out of jail, close to the American average for IQ, and Black, you are going to be shanghaied into college, then into some corporate or government job where you fill a quota. The Blacks who would be able to work in those industries get siphoned into low-requirement fields like HR. Ominous Cowherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802991559947782419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-83860192384552679652020-01-16T20:28:12.184-05:002020-01-16T20:28:12.184-05:00Delivering fuel oil or propane, for one. Dispatch ...Delivering fuel oil or propane, for one. Dispatch down-loads the addresses and proposed order. GPS plots the route.<br /><br />Pump the requested amount of fuel. Fill in the blank fields on the invoice and off to the next stop.<br /><br />So simple even management can do it.<br /><br />Screw machine shop? Start by humping stock. Learn how to load it into a CNC lathe. Then learn how to operate GO-NOGO gauge. I really believe the problem is cultural.<br /><br />Cement work? Currently sewn up by the Hispanics, who work their asses off. They will inevitably work their way up the job food-chain. Who can hump more cement in five gallon buckets down into a cellar: A 155 pound Hispanic or a 225 pound African-American?<br /><br />Alcoholic beverages? In my town they could not work in those areas because the business would lose it azz when family and hommies demanded free merchandise.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-21281051811430662892020-01-16T18:50:40.777-05:002020-01-16T18:50:40.777-05:00You have to know a job exists before you can start...You have to know a job exists before you can start preparing for it or looking for it. That's the "imaginable" part. <br /><br />You have to be physically and mentally capable of doing the job you're going after. If a group has an average IQ of 85, which jobs on those lists will an average group member be mentally capable of? <br /><br />It's interesting that "Drinking places, alcoholic beverages" is one where they are under represented. Surely that's familiar? Surely it takes more social skills than smarts? I wonder what that requires that they don't like or don't have? Ominous Cowherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802991559947782419noreply@blogger.com