The Economics of Inequality: A Look at Black Labor

Posted by on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off on The Economics of Inequality: A Look at Black Labor “Justice is justly represented Blind, because she sees no Difference in the Parties concerned.” – William Penn   In this day, when slavery and legal segregation have long been abolished from American institutional life, most conscientious citizens would agree that racial prejudice and discrimination are morally destructive tendencies in human relations. At the same lime,...
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Oral History and Community in the Inner City: Blacks in Philadelphia Since World War II

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Oral History and Community in the Inner City: Blacks in Philadelphia Since World War II This brief commentary is framed as reflections on a project that is just getting underway rather than one in its final stages. It is based on my previous experience in black history and the first returns of what I hope will be an in-depth oral history project among black workers and community residents in Philadelphia. This project is being conducted in a series of predominantly black...
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