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Safety net sinking; welfare reform during recession: Discrimination and poor access to education and job training make the hard times harder. (Race and Recession).
Even now, as economists and media spokespeople begin to rejoice for the rise of recovery; it's clear the recession isn't over for everybody. Across the board, people of color living at or under poverty levels, working or not, have borne the brunt of hard times: industry layoffs, hiring freezes, the ramifications of September 11. The macroeconomic phenomenon has come home to roost in the micromanaged existence of America's poor people.
Over two million people have lost their jobs since the beginning of 2001, many of them concentrated in industries most affected by the events on September 11, namely service, hospitality, and transportation. The so-called safety net ...
- School sports is a safety net for youths
- Magazine article from: Sporting News Lapchick, Richard March 25, 1996 700+ words
...athletics showed that many African American high school student athletes...significant disproportion to African American and female student athletes...soaring. Sports is a safety net for the 57 percent of African American student athletes who say...
- National Urban League Calls African-American Unemployment Figures Alarming;...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 2, 2001 700+ words
...have traditional safety net programs to protect...devastating to the African American community...escalation of the African American unemployment rate...and provide a safety net for those most...current holes in the safety net may trigger even...increase ...
- AFRICAN AMERICAN SPORTS STARS CAN BRING WELCOME CHANGE TO INNER...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) September 4, 1996 700+ words
...Athletic Hall of Fame so African American athletes who played...make loans to small African American businesses in the...and people from the African American community. The athlete...maybe we can create a safety net for some of the athletes...
- African American Men Avoid Checkups
- Newspaper article from: Portland Skanner Linda Cargill February 8, 1995 700+ words
...Skanner 02-08-1995 African American Men Avoid Checkups. Many African American men don't like to visit...Oregon Health Plan, a safety net that could protect them...the life expectancy of African American men is 10 years less...
- Credit Card Debt Increasing Among African Americans, Latinos, New Report Finds;...
- News wire article from: AScribe Business & Economics News Service May 12, 2005 700+ words
...AScribe Newswire) -- African-American and Hispanic households...between Latino and African-American families and their...equity or savings as a safety net to handle unexpected...credit card debt for African-American and Hispanic households...
- Community Voices at Morehouse School of Medicine Releases Information on The...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 8, 2007 700+ words
...tremendous impact on the African- American community. The...incarceration rate amongst African-American men but also the...of incarcerated African-American men have on their...the survival of safety-net providers and strengthen...
- Strickland courts urban blacks: At Akron event, Democrat says he doesn't take...
- Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH) August 10, 2006 700+ words
...Williams, who is African-American. "Ladies and gentlemen...Blackwell, who is also African-American, has been campaigning...like Wednesday's African-American Ministerial and Community...state must have a safety net to provide for those...
- African-American voters have a chance to shape their destiny.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Johnson, Cecil October 6, 2000 700+ words
...eye. Their main purpose is to emphasize to all eligible African-American voters how important it is for them to vote either early...market fluctuating sometimes dangerously, that could pull the safety net from under the baby boomers. We need something embedded...
Source: HighBeam Research, Safety net sinking; welfare reform during recession: Discrimination...