Despite a nearly recovered employment market, retail jobs fell 11.1 percent, according to the new study, widening racial disparities and narrowing opportunities for those without a college degree.
Tag: Minorities
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I’m in High School. I Hope Affirmative Action Is Rejected, and Replaced With Something Stronger.
Asian students lose out with this college admissions system, but so do low-income ones.
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Talk of Racism Proves Thorny for G.O.P. Candidates of Color
As candidates like Tim Scott and Nikki Haley bolster their biographies with stories of discrimination, they have often denied the existence of systemic racism in America while describing situations that sound just like it.
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Supreme Court Could Consider Virginia High School’s Admissions
The justices will soon rule on race-conscious admissions plans at Harvard and U.N.C. A new appeals court case asks whether schools can use race-neutral tools to achieve racial diversity.
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Reparations Are a Financial Quandary. For Democrats, They’re a Political One, Too.
Republicans have criticized recent estimates of what Black Americans are owed in reparations. But for Democrats, they pose deeper problems for a party eager to retain the allegiance of Black voters.