Despite the successes of the civil rights movement and the election of Barack Obama as America's first black President, leading US public intellectual from Brown University, Glenn Loury, says that racial inequalities persist and show no signs of going away anytime soon. In this interview Professor Loury explains the long term effects of unemployment amongst low educated African Americans and other minorities, and argues for geographically targeted measures to address the problems in poor communities in many of America's large cities.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Racial Inequality in the US
Despite the successes of the civil rights movement and the election of Barack Obama as America's first black President, leading US public intellectual from Brown University, Glenn Loury, says that racial inequalities persist and show no signs of going away anytime soon. In this interview Professor Loury explains the long term effects of unemployment amongst low educated African Americans and other minorities, and argues for geographically targeted measures to address the problems in poor communities in many of America's large cities.
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