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Betsy Leondar-Wright

Betsy Leondar-Wright is the Communications Director at United for a Fair Economy and co-author of UFE’s 2004 report, "The State of the Dream: Enduring Disparities in Black and White."

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Commentary

Black Job Loss Déjà Vu

By Betsy Leondar-Wright

This article originally appeared in Dollars & Sense: The Magazine of Economic Justice. In July 2003, Mary Clark saw a notice posted by the time clock at the Pillowtex plant where she worked: the plant was closing down at the end of the month. The company would be laying off 4,000 workers. “They acted like…

This article originally appeared in Dollars & Sense: The Magazine of Economic Justice. In July 2003, Mary Clark saw a notice posted by the time clock…

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