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Shirley J. Wilcher

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Shirley J. Wilcher, is currently the Executive Director for the American Association for Affirmative Action. She was formerly Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), in the Employment Standards Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor in the Clinton Administration. Click here to contact Ms Wilcher.

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Women, Race and Economic Security

By Shirley J. Wilcher

It will not come as a surprise to many African Americans that, as a group, we are less secure economically than our white counterparts. What few may know, however, is that African American women are hit harder by poverty in their senior years than most other groups, including African American men. In fact, elderly women…

It will not come as a surprise to many African Americans that, as a group, we are less secure economically than our white counterparts. What few…

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