I opened up my Atlanta Urinal and Constipation this morning and I came across this article.

As wages for American workers have stagnated for more than a generation, the income gap between black and white workers has widened, and discrimination is the main reason for the persisting disparity, according to a new report.

The Economic Policy Institute also found that young black women are being hit the hardest. This gap remains even after controlling for factors like education, experience, or geography.

The wage gap today is “worse now than it was 36 years ago,” said Valerie Wilson, director of the liberal-leaning think tank’s Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy.

How can that be? We have had eight years of the Obamessiah, the Chocolate Jesus, and things have gotten worse for black people? Say it ain’t so, Joe. As I have written many times on this blog, blacks had it far better under Reagan and both Bushes than they have under Obungler, and Crooked Cankles will only continue the same failed policies that he has implemented. For example, she’s saying she is gonna create millions of green jobs. Seems to me we heard that promise back in 2008. How did that work out?

“For the most part, wages have been fairly flat since 2000, as have incomes and other economic measures,” Wilson said. “As we’ve seen this overall stagnation, those racial disparities have grown.”

But I thought wages had just grown by 5%. Paul Krugman just touted that in a column the other day. Unfortunately that 5% was median increase not average increase. It occurred at the upper end of the scale. In other words, well off Americans became more well off.

According to the report released Tuesday, as of 2015, black men living in similar metropolitan areas and regions of the country make 22 percent less than white men with the same education and experience. For black women, the number is 34.2 percent less. Black women made 11.7 percent less than white women.

Obviously racism, but wouldn’t you think a black president would care more about his brothers and fix things rather than making them worse? Do want to know what really kills jobs for black people? The minimum wage. Low wage jobs are where people learn job skills. Pricing low skilled labor out of the market, which the minimum wage does, kills these entry level jobs. I’m not gonna pay someone more than he’s worth.

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he report points to several reasons for the widening gap, while noting discrimination has consistently played a major role. Few black workers have the kinds of top-wage earning jobs that have seen the majority of growth during the studied period. The decline of unions — which have historically been helpful to black workers seeking income equality — has also contributed to the disparity.

And the report concludes that having a college degree worsens the gap, counter to the idea that education is the key to a more equal society.

While black male college graduates entering the workforce in the 1980s had less than a 10 percent disadvantage compared to whites, by 2014, similarly educated black men started their first jobs at a deficit of roughly 18 percent. The report also found that growing earnings inequality has impacted young black college-educated men and women’s wage deterioration more in the years since the Great Recession than during any other period.

Degrees in black studies don’t guarantee good jobs.

“Education unquestionably enhances mobility and increases wages, but what it does not do as effectively is eliminate racial disparities,” said Wilson. “More education means higher wages, but it does not mean equal wages between blacks and whites as they ascend that ladder.”

The report calls for several policy measures to address the wage gap, including consistently enforcing long-standing anti-discrimination laws in the hiring, promotion and pay of women and minorities; convening a summit to address why black college graduates start their careers at an earnings disadvantage; and raising the federal minimum wage.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. More gummint programs. More Diversity (All Hail Diversity!) programs, in other words, more affirmative action programs.

Could it be that blacks don’t do as well in college? Could it be that blacks don’t get the type of college education (STEM) that would get them higher paying jobs? Could it be black attitude? Yeah. I’m blaming the victim. Here’s a good video about that.

I’m really surprised that the AJC published this article pointing out how poorly blacks are doing under Obumbler since the AJC has been all anti-Trump all the time. After all Hacking Hillary is gonna continue the same failed policies that Obongo has. The anti-Trump has been hillarious. Georgia is in play. Georgia is purple. Thunder Rodent Thighs is up by four points in Georgia. This hearkens back to two years ago when the AJC had Jimmah Carter’s grandson ahead in the governor’s race. He got clobbered. It wasn’t even close. The AJC also had Sam Nunn’s daughter, who used her maiden name to capitalize on his name, ahead in the Senate race. She also got clobbered also. It wasn’t even close.

I’m sure Black Lives Matter is helping black employment as well.