Things have gotten better since the 1960s. There are more african americans in the labor force, and in some job occupations such as social workers and revenue agents, they occupy the percentage of the amount of total jobs as they should.
Despite some progress, many blue collar job positions contain more african americans than they should. The number of unemployed whites have gone down, while the number of unemployed blacks has gone up. Also, the median earnings of blacks are still lower than whites.
I belive the only solution to this problem is to improve public schools and use affirmative action. This will improve the chances that poor african americans can join the middle and upper classes.
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