ticipation rates is the fact that the black and the Hispanic segments of the American population are growing at a faster rate than is the Anglo segment.
By 1995, the Anglo participation rate is expected to be 64 percent, while that for Hispanics is expected to be 62 percent, and that for blacks is expected to be 57 percent (Fullerton & Tschetter, 1983, pp. 5-11). Thus, the American workforce will continue to become less Anglo in character.
The composition of the workforce in the context of sex and minorities was also affected by long term unemployment. While Anglos accounted for 88.3 percent of the employed work force in 1983, they accounted for only 72.2 percent of the long term unemployed (15 weeks or more) (Rones, 1984, p. 28). By contrast, blacks, which accounted for only 9.2 percent of the employed workforce, accounted for 22.4 percent of the long term unemployed, and Hispanics, which accounted for only 2.5 percent of the employed work
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