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The Crisis in Black and Brown Youth Unemployment
colorlines.com ^ | January 15, 2014 | Imara Jones

Posted on 01/15/2014 7:16:45 PM PST by grundle

As the White House prepares to launch a major economic opportunity effort, record high unemployment among black and Latino youth underscores how essential it is to create job opportunities for young people of color.

The critical issue here is that the ages of 16 to 24 are make or break years for lifelong earning potential. With one out four blacks and one out of six Latinos under the age of 25 without work, a generation of youth of color risks falling behind.

The situation for black and Latino unemployed youths is so alarming that leading think tanks and economists are raising red flags about it at a staggering pace. One report on the topic by Demos, the public policy organization, argues that the “exclusion of young people of color” from job opportunities “weakens the promise of America.”*

Why’s that?

With wealth in African-American and Latino communities already the lowest on record, a loss of income on a generational scale would likely harden existing inequities and set back economic progress in the country for decades. That’s because there are simply so many young blacks and Latinos who want work but can’t find it.

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1 posted on 01/15/2014 7:16:45 PM PST by grundle
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To: grundle

“falling behind” = government dependency = Democrat voters.

No problem here for Obama/Holder/Pelosi/Reid.


2 posted on 01/15/2014 7:20:26 PM PST by RugerMini14
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To: grundle
The Crisis in Black and Brown Youth Unemployment.

There fixed the title for the author.

3 posted on 01/15/2014 7:21:15 PM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: grundle

Obama: “You say crisis, I say reliable voters.”


4 posted on 01/15/2014 7:23:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Barrys done wonders....at beefing up the numbers on the plantation.


5 posted on 01/15/2014 7:34:03 PM PST by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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To: RugerMini14
“falling behind” = government dependency = Democrat voters.

They can't take a job because they can't afford to take the cut in pay


6 posted on 01/15/2014 7:42:29 PM PST by Iron Munro (Orwell: There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.)
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To: grundle

We will solve the problem by jacking up the minimum wage to make sure there will be no jobs for these people. BO


7 posted on 01/15/2014 8:03:37 PM PST by Western Phil
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To: RugerMini14

why would they need a job when they have unlimited EBT cards?


8 posted on 01/15/2014 8:31:39 PM PST by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: grundle

Could it possibly be...

Choice of inappropriate clothing and hair styles, excess of tats and piercings, as well as the inability to speak coherent American English language???


9 posted on 01/15/2014 8:32:19 PM PST by octex
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To: grundle

They praise him as their champion while he grinds his heel in their faces. Very Stalin-esque.


10 posted on 01/15/2014 8:53:15 PM PST by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: Robert DeLong

Bingo.

Bring back American jobs.


11 posted on 01/15/2014 8:54:12 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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To: grundle

Might be a good idea. Hire some Bloods or Crips or Young Latinos to answer emergency calls from embassies and CIA outposts. I’ll bet they wouldn’t turn their backs on them.


12 posted on 01/15/2014 8:59:06 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

“Bring back American jobs.”

We are churning out millions of unemployable young people from our schools. In addition to the ever-changing demands of the current workplace, we are now producing workers that wouldn’t fit even in the old model. How many jobs require no literacy or math ability? Very few...


13 posted on 01/16/2014 3:08:11 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: grundle

look,
black & brown yoot voted for this antiAmerican marxist fag in record numberss.
I don’t give a damn if they ALL can never find work and starve.


14 posted on 01/16/2014 3:41:25 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: grundle
As the White House prepares to launch a major economic opportunity effort, record high unemployment among black and Latino youth underscores how essential it is to create job opportunities for young people of color.

Yes it is essential, but Obama and the Democrats are too busy trying to make Republicans look bad by pushing a big hike in the Minimum Wage. Raising the Min. Wage will HURT 'black and brown', as well as entry level white employment, because many businesses will simply not hire folks they might have otherwise hired when they could get them for almost HALF that amount.

15 posted on 01/17/2014 3:04:35 PM PST by SuziQ
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