More Americans Die of Poverty than Terrorism

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Wait, so because a minimum wage doesn't let a racist employer pay black people less, it's the law that's the problem?

How would the alternative, hiring only minorities and paying them less than white people be any better? And the origin of minimum wage dates before civil rights, the odds that minority unemployment was being adequately counted and that the wars didn't have a huge impact seems unlikely. How would this not bring back sweatshops?

Why is the assumption that the employer would eventually pay the worker better? Why not fire the employee and hire someone else at a cheaper wage if they caused a fuss.