ABSTRACT
This chapter examines how the race-gender experiences men and women had during their job search and in the workplace influenced their outlooks on the role of education. It explores men’s marginalization within the workforce and the way in which their job experiences contributed to their worried outlooks about social mobility and education. The chapter focuses on women's ghettoization in the labor market, showing that although women were networked into pink-collar jobs and faced racialgender subordination, they maintained optimistic outlooks about their future prospects for employment through obtaining an education. Despite women’s entry into the expanding sectors of the economy, they still faced a colored and gendered glass ceiling. Cassandra, a 27-year-old Dominican woman who had grown up in Washington Heights, Manhattan, also had a social critique of the race-gender stratification she experienced at work. In spite of the negative race-gender experiences women were subjected to at work, they consistently remained optimistic about their future prospects.
