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Issues with minimum wage

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Minimum wage is one of the most anti-black laws still on the books today. Not only was the minimum wage conceived in racial prejudice, but such legislation still has drastic consequences for black Americans. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, black laborers began to outcompete white laborers in certain industries. Black laborers were…

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