News Headlines: Oct. 9, 2007
The Boston Globe: Some Black Men Say They're Held to Higher Standards Than Whites in the Workplace — "Unspoken rules limit how [Black men] interact in predominantly white workplaces. In some cases, they must dress more formally than their co-workers, speak softly, or generally comport themselves in unaggressive ways to counteract stereotypes that paint black men as unintelligent, violent, and dangerous."
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