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Barriers to black employment in white-collar jobs: A quantitative approach

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  1. United States Bureau of the CensusCurrent Population Reports Series P-60, No. 75, “Income for 1969 of Families and Persons in the United States” (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970) p. 109. For a discussion of the related topic of black exclusion from decision-making jobs, see Robert C. Vowels, “The Political Economy of American Racism — Nonblack Decision-Making and Black Economic Status,”The Review of Black Political Economy, 4 (Summer, 1971), pp. 3–39.

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Winegarden, C.R. Barriers to black employment in white-collar jobs: A quantitative approach. Rev Black Polit Econ 2, 13–24 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03040604

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