South African unemployment disparities remain stark decades after apartheid ended.

Evidence

Although major strides have been made towards equity in the middle class, little has changed at the economic extremes. For example, in the job market, 27.9 percent of black South Africans are unemployed compared to just 4.6 percent of whites. Despite the fact that change is slow and uneven, white South Africans are grappling with massive shifts in their position and identity in South Africa: The social revisions brought about by the political realignment of the different population groups in relation to each other are far-reaching, complex and multiple. — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 39

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Black unemployment has stayed double white rates for decades. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 512; South African whites lost political power but retained economic privilege after apartheid. — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 38

Broader Connections

• Black unemployment has stayed double white rates for decades. #exemplifies (0.95) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 512
• South African whites lost political power but retained economic privilege after apartheid. #expands (0.90) — Cornel Verwey and Michael Quayle, Whiteness, racism, and Afrikaner…, 38