Study Shows Wealthy Feel Less Empathy: Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives.

In an academic article published in the August edition of Current Directions in Psychological Science, three researchers compiled studies done by themselves and others on the effects of income, and perceived class status, on thinking and behavior. Multiple studies demonstrate that upper-class individuals are more focused on their personal experience, and less on context, than their less fortunate counterparts. Upper-class individuals are also less likely to show empathy for others, and less likely to share resources, than those in the working-class.  GUEST: Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology at the University of California Berkeley, co-director of The Greater Good Science Center, and one of three authors of the article, “Social Class as Culture: The Convergence of Resources and Rank in the Social Realm”  uprisingradio.org

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Recovering US job market is leaving black men behind

For them, the Great Recession not only led to the largest increase in unemployment for any category of American worker, but it also is pinching a lot longer. About 1 in 6 black men over age 20 in the labor force is jobless – and that number has barely improved since the economic recovery officially began two years ago.
In Detroit, Las Vegas, Milwaukee, Min­neap­olis-St. Paul, and several other US cities, Depression-era unemployment rates above 20 percent beset the black community, estimates one economic policy group, citing government data. Moreover, the problem may get worse because city governments, which traditionally employ many African-American men, are laying off workers to cope with budget shortfalls, say experts on black employment.   - CSMonitor.com

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