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Systemic Barriers Continue to Hold Back Wages and Employment for Kentuckians of Color

  • June 19, 2019
  • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
  • Dustin Pugel

On the 154th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, barriers to thriving for black Kentuckians are still deeply entrenched. Data on wages and unemployment in Kentucky show that discrimination and systemic racism still hold us back as a state.

State of Working X Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

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