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  Blacks Lose Better Jobs Faster as Middle-Class Work Drops
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Last EditedServo  Jul 12, 2003 09:27am
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MediaNewspaper - New York Times
News DateSaturday, July 12, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionUnemployment among blacks is rising at a faster pace than in any similar period since the mid-1970's, and the jobs lost have been mostly in manufacturing, where the pay for blacks has historically been higher than in many other fields.

Nearly 2.6 million jobs have disappeared over all during the last 28 months, which began with a brief recession that has faded into a weak recovery. Nearly 90 percent of those lost jobs were in manufacturing, according to government data, with blacks hit disproportionately harder than whites.

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