http://www.wokr13.tv/business/story.aspx?c...D5-EA1EF10281D3"It seems Hispanics have more advantages," said Abdul Azeem Muhammad, who was laid off in November as a software engineer for Motorola. "But I'm not knocking them. I'm just saying it's rough on us. I think they're willing to hire anybody but a black man."
The black unemployment rate has historically been twice that of whites. Research shows that black males continue to be the least desired workers. Muhammad, with his shaved head and religious affiliation--he is a black Muslim--may be viewed suspiciously by some employers, despite his master's degree in information systems and computer science and nine years of experience.