http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/03/blacks-latinos-hurt-more-by-recession/ Blog on contemporary news, issues, and current events related to Asian Americans and American racial/ethnic relations Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/03/blacks-latinos-hurt-more-by-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Hey “Working” Mom– getting laid off is a “relief”. Really. — Authentic Organizations Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:47:01 +0000 http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/?p=1108#comment-167 [...] It is disturbing to see that the effects of employers’ responses to the economic crisis are not being distributed equally throughout our population. While there’s a bit of controversy over who has it worse, it’s pretty clear that due to the structure of our economy, some groups are being laid off  proportionally more than other groups. For example, African-Americans and Latinos are experiencing a higher percentage of layoffs. [...] [...] It is disturbing to see that the effects of employers’ responses to the economic crisis are not being distributed equally throughout our population. While there’s a bit of controversy over who has it worse, it’s pretty clear that due to the structure of our economy, some groups are being laid off  proportionally more than other groups. For example, African-Americans and Latinos are experiencing a higher percentage of layoffs. [...]

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