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| DATE | 2020-08-24 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] How nyc is emparing economic recorvy over petty
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wsj.com
White New Yorkers Income Exceeds Black New Yorkers in Many Industries
Kate King
6-8 minutes
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has said his administration will
address historic inequities in rebuilding the citys economy after the
coronavirus pandemic. A new analysis of the wage and employment
disparities facing Black New Yorkers shows how hard that will be.
Black New Yorkers are underrepresented in dozens of industries and often
paid significantly less than their white counterparts, including in
middle-wage jobs such as in warehousing, post offices, and film and
television, according to a new report scheduled for release Monday by
the nonpartisan think tank Center for an Urban Future. Black
department-store workers in New York City earn a median annual salary of
about $16,000 compared with $45,000 for white workers.
Employment inequity is partly rooted in the fact that many people of
color in New York City dont have the educational credentials that
companies traditionally look for when hiring, said Jose Ortiz Jr.,
executive director of the nonprofit New York City Employment and
Training Coalition.
It may result in them being shortchanged or not offered salaries that
are up to par with their white or more-educated colleagues, Mr. Ortiz
said.
Black Workers Face Slower Economic Recovery
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Black Workers Face Slower Economic Recovery
Black Workers Face Slower Economic Recovery
Black unemployment has historically been higher than white unemployment
in the U.S. This gap was narrowing before the coronavirus pandemic. But
with unemployment hitting record highs across the board, Black Americans
could be left even further behind. Photo illustration: Carter McCall/WSJ
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is contemplating the citys economic future
as it recovers from the pandemic.
Photo: John Minchillo/Associated Press
Since January 2018, the New York City Commission on Human Rights has
settled 16 cases of racial discrimination in employment with
complainants who identified as Black, a spokeswoman said. An additional
14 cases initially brought to the commission were withdrawn when the two
parties reached a settlement. In total, complainants received $384,500
in damages and companies paid $45,500 in civil penalties to the city,
the spokeswoman said.
Center for an Urban Future used the U.S. Census Bureaus 2018 American
Community Survey five-year sample to analyze pretax wage and salary
income across 140 New York City industries. In nearly two-thirds,
ranging from banking to sporting-goods stores, the gap in median annual
salaries between Black and white workers exceeded $10,000.
The think tanks analysis also found that Black workers are significantly
underrepresented in high- and middle-wage industries, such as finance
and insurance, and medical and dental offices. Less than 10% of the
workforce in creative industries is Black, including advertising,
publishing, architecture and film.
Racquel Forresters first job after college was as a financial coach
helping predominantly Black and Latino workers with budgeting, building
credit and paying down debt. She said she was shocked to see how many
hours her clients worked but still were in debt and living off credit
cards because their wages were so low.
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Ms. Forrester then spent several years working in workforce development.
At one job she placed residents of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, in
industrial-manufacturing jobs and found that these formerly blue-collar
roles now required more skills.
I remember clearly that I was working with a company and they were
looking for a janitor, but they wanted that janitor to have a college
degree, said Ms. Forrester, who now works as assistant director for the
Urban Initiative at New York University.
Ms. Forrester has also worked with a training program that offered
computer programming and coding classes to young Sunset Park residents.
She then tried to match them with tech jobs but said many hiring
managers seemed to worry candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds
couldnt handle the job.
What I was most successful in getting for our youth were part-time,
freelance jobs, she said. Those were the only jobs where hiring managers
were willing to take a chance.
Stacy Woodruff, of the nonprofit Workforce Professionals Training
Institute in New York, said she thinks the city should consider devoting
more resources to helping people land quality jobs rather than trying to
match as many people as possible with positions regardless of quality.
Some of the most effective workforce programs really do cost several
thousand dollars per person in order to thoroughly prepare them for a
job or a career, she said.
Mr. de Blasio in April formed a task force to advise the city on how to
address historic inequities as the economy recovers from the coronavirus
pandemic. Last week, Mr. de Blasios administration announced more city
and private-sector support for Black entrepreneurs, including help
finding loans, investors and other resources.
Jonathan Bowles, president of Center for an Urban Future, said, From job
training to apprenticeships, the citys vision has been good, but not
bold enough.
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