Abstract
Recent social science scholarship has given rise to a popular myth that asserts African-Americans have made a great deal of progress toward achieving economic equality in American society and that this progress may be expected to continue into the indefinite future. We assert that this myth is both dangerous and false. It is dangerous because the myth has supported the rationale for public policies that deemphasize government action to overcome racial inequality. It is false because the optimism is based upon an inaccurate and incomplete analysis of the data that has not taken into account the differential impact of women's participation in the labor market. The historical experiences of African-Americans created different patterns of female labor-force participation from those that developed among European-Americans.' Consequently, African-American women have
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