Ramon Gladney last week outside his Chicago barbershop. NOLIS ANDERSON FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
The economic situation for black workers was fragile even before the downturn, which means recovery might be slower
Near the end of a decadelong economic expansion, African-Americans were finally finding some financial stability. Unemployment had reached record lows, and their wages had begun rising modestly.
Anthony Steward, 34, a Milwaukee cook, personified that progress. In 2018, he said, he left his $10.50-an-hour corporate-cafeteria job for one paying $15 at Fiserv Forum, home of basketball’s Milwaukee Bucks, serving steaks, chicken wings and eggplant mozzarella for luxury-box guests.
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