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Poverty, Homelessness, And Racial Exclusion, John R. Belcher
Poverty, Homelessness, And Racial Exclusion, John R. Belcher
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This article reviews the societal forces that have made homelessness the end result of racial exclusion and inner city isolation. It is argued that significant societal change is necessary to reduce racial exclusion and prevent homelessness.
Black Pink Collar Workers: Arduous Journey From Field And Kitchen To Office, Judith B. Bremner
Black Pink Collar Workers: Arduous Journey From Field And Kitchen To Office, Judith B. Bremner
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The black female workers' journey from field to office was a long and arduous one. This paper examines the transition of black women from agricultural laborers to pink collar workers during the period 1900 to 1980. More black women than white women have had to work in paid employment in order to maintain their families economically. Discrimination against black pink collar workers in career advancement and the better-paying positions, is especially critical because so many black families are female-headed households in need of all the economic resources that the mother-breadwinner can obtain.
The Reagan Legacy: Undoing Class, Race And Gender Accords, Mimi Abramovitz
The Reagan Legacy: Undoing Class, Race And Gender Accords, Mimi Abramovitz
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The impact of Reaganomics on women, workers, and person of color is explored by looking at structural forces in the political economy that encourage business and government at one time to support and another time to undermine the welfare state. The expansion of the welfare state from 1935 to the mid-1970s meshed well with the needs of profitable production, political legitimacy and patriarchal control. With the economic crisis of the 1970s, the welfare state became too competitive with capital accumulation and too supportive of empowered popular movements and had to go. Women, persons of color, and the poor ranked high …