March 13, 2013
Wilder CEO sounding alarm on racial disparitiesShare
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Minnesota's stark unemployment gap between whites and people of color continues to vex civic leaders. In the Twin Cities, for example, blacks are more than three times as likely as whites to be unemployed. That disparity leads the US among 25 large metro areas included in a national study published last year. Local nonprofit and business communities warn that the region's economy will suffer if the gap persists. Laura Yuen tells the story of one leader sounding the alarm.
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