Valerie Wilson spoke at the “Work in the 21 Century: Automation, Workers, and Society” Conference earlier this month. Valerie is Director, Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy, Economic Policy Institute, Washington DC. Her speech, Effective Leadership and a Future that Works for All, was an adaptation of the paper below given.
What caught my eye was that although our black population is more educated than ever, their wages have actually contracted under this Trump Economy. Please read her paper.