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Originally posted by ChaosDST
Minimizing the number of blue collar jobs has had a significant impact on African Americans. If African Americans couldn't get any other job, they could always count on the blue collar ones. Now, we have foreigners, particularly illegal aliens, taking many of the jobs (that some say blacks refused to do, anyway...such as doing construction in 100 degree weather).
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On your "refused to do point," you can also add fast food and domestic work, but I digress.
I do agree with your minimizing blue collar thesis. Skilled blue-collar jobs disappearing is one reason, IMO, that young black men have a hard time getting work.
And a man w/o a job just isn't an attractive candidate for marriage and family formation. Not saying that he has to be balling, but at least contribute to the household.
I'm speaking from a virtual invisible minority perspective here -- California's black population is only 7 percent.