The "When controlling for component, grade, and salary, we found that the The sections on "stereotyping," "racial and gender tension," "harassment Deleted was a paragraph that showed that about 20 percent of lawyers by The Justice Department recently released a commissioned report on diversity among its attorneys. Half of its 186 pages were blacked out. The blacked-out pages betray a Justice Department that does not want America to know what happens after people are … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/sensorred.jpg\")
\n <\/em>The Justice Department recently released a commissioned report on
\n diversity among its attorneys. Half of its 186 pages were blacked out. <\/p>\n
\n blacked-out pages betray a Justice Department that does not want America
\n to know what happens after people are hired. The full report is available
\n on a Web site called the Memory
\n Hole<\/a>, which electronically lifted the
\n blacked-out sections. Among the conclusions of the full report were: <\/p>\n
\n average minority is currently residing approximately one-third step lower
\n than the average white and the average woman is currently residing approximately
\n one-half step lower than the average man. These effects are statistically
\n significant." <\/p>\n
\n behavior," and "mentoring," were completely blacked out. <\/p>\n
\n of color say they have personally experienced racial harassment at the
\n department. Deleted was the fact that only 53 percent of attorneys of
\n color felt that the promotion process was fair with respect to color
\n compared with 87 percent of white attorneys. Deleted was the fact that
\n 60 percent of women felt that the promotion process was fair with regards
\n to gender, compared with 81 percent of men. <\/p>\n
\n Derrick Z Jackson in
\n the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"