Study: Black men, white ex-cons share equal job prospects

Black men with no criminal histories are about as likely to be offered jobs in New York City as white men with felony convictions, according to a new study.
The study, released Thursday by the city Commission on Human Rights, found that employers call back black men who presented resumes with no criminal background 16 percent of the time _ about as often as white men who reported criminal histories.
Meanwhile, blacks with convictions in their past were called back just 6 percent of the time. Whites with clean records were offered jobs 21 percent of the time.