Part of a series of articles and commentaries describing the impact the change in the manufacturing industry has had on the Black Community in major American cities Most American consumers are familiar with Black Friday—the day after Thanksgiving when bargain hunters go on a retail blitz that officially kicks off Christmas holiday shopping. But in my […]
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Defuse Baltimore Or Let It Explode?
When we witnessed the Baltimore uprising during the spring of 2015, it was tempting to name the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray as the sole cause. Gray succumbed to a traumatic spine injury suffered in the back of a police van — another unarmed Black man who died at the hands of police. Surely a […]
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Loss of Manufacturing Hurt Blacks More, Report Finds
Black manufacturing workers suffer the effects of industrial flight more profoundly than their White counterparts, a report finds. The report, conducted by the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), states that deindustrialization in cities like St. Louis, Detroit, Cleveland, Flint and Baltimore—cities that were once industrial powerhouses—over the last four decades has disproportionately negatively impacted African […]