NPR – Gabrielle Emanuel
“It isn’t only Eubanks Davis’ students. Research suggests that black and Hispanic college graduates are less likely to find employment than their white peers. And, when they do, they earn less over their careers. Eubanks Davis knew her students were “just as hard working, just as talented, just as smart” as other students. Yet, she also knew they “weren’t getting as hard a look from the labor market.” Why? She found the answer in her own experience, growing up in a poor neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. Eubanks Davis knew what it was like to enter the working world, lacking one key thing: exposure to successful professionals. It was the same story for many of her students.”(more)