The New Jobless

Plight Deepens for Black Men, Studies Warn
By ERIK ECKHOLM
Poorly educated black men are becoming more disconnected
from mainstream society, even as other groups make gains.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/20/national/20blackmen.html?th&emc=th

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The report here is a heart breaker. I am sure that anyone who rides the subways has notice fathers traveling with young children during the daytime. I assume, as is the case with a family in my own building, that these are unemployed fathers now caring for their young children while their wives work to support their families.

We have made some steps forward in opening up employment for women and minorities once barred from the professions and higher level jobs. But far too many are now still caught in a trap of minimal pay jobs -- or none at all!
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