Segregationists never went away: We just call them "small-government conservatives" now
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The continuing decline of public sector jobs at local, state, and federal levels is having an abysmal economic impact on African Americans, for whom steady, stable government employment opportunities have provided a sure path into the middle class. The New York Times reported yesterday that "roughly one in five black adults works for the government, teaching school, delivering mail, driving buses, processing criminal justice and managing large staffs." Because Black people hold a disproportionate number of government jobs, cutbacks that affect everyone hit Black communities even harder.
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