When it comes to the front lines of the pandemic, Asian women, Native American women, and Black women are disproportionately employed in high-risk essential health care, retail, and service jobs in Minnesota, according to researchers at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
At the same time, pandemic-related layoffs have disproportionately affected women, Native Americans, and Blacks, compared to other groups. And differences in demographic composition across jobs categories and industries explain only a fraction of these job losses.
New research published by the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy this week highlights the ways that different groups of workers were unequally impacted as the pandemic tightened its grip on Minnesota over the spring and summer months. - Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Thursday, December 17, 2020
The pandemic is costing some way more than others
It's the same deal in Minnesota, as everywhere else.
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Did you see the “Experience to Action: Reshaping Criminal Justice After Covid-19” report issued by former U.S. attorneys general Loretta Lynch [Obama}, Alberto Gonzales [Bush} and the National Commission on Covid-19 and Criminal Justice ?
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Gonzales said he believes the phrase “defund the police” has become an unnecessary distraction because every community wants law enforcement to protect them.
“But I think we all have to admit it’s imperfect and mistakes are being made. I think moving money around in the criminal justice system makes sense,” Gonzales said. “We can’t overcome problems by incarcerating more people and by spending more money, it just doesn’t work.”