![]() ![]() ![]() Status symbols can impress hiring gatekeepers, says Tressie McMillan Cottom, a sociologist and 2020 MacArthur fellow, in her book “ Thick: And Other Essays.” In an excerpt for Zora, a literary platform for women of color, titled “The Poor Can’t Afford Not to Wear Nice Clothes ,” Cottom says such overspending isn’t necessarily irresponsible. “Your grandma probably told you, Michelle, ‘Dress very neatly and don’t go to work looking crazy,’” he said. So a Black worker might spend more on clothes to signal she’s not inferior, said Charles, the dean of the Yale School of Management. It’s an economic theory akin to something my grandmother drilled into me: “You have to be twice as good to get half as much.” ![]() It’s more likely that higher spending by Blacks is the result of “status signaling,” he argues. ![]()
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