Diverse: Issues In Higher Education Shared Joint Center Research on Young Black Workers

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education highlighted research from the Joint Center’s new project, “Improving Policy Narratives for Young Black Workers,” sharing the findings from focus groups, messaging elements, and quotes from webinar panelists.

From the article: “'[Positive media] portray Black workers as people of agency and advocates for their labor rights or creating inclusive workspaces,’ said Justin Nalley, senior policy analyst at the Joint Center. ‘Most media pieces use a negative tone to describe young Black workers. Overwhelmingly, the content focused on the unemployment rate of these young Black workers rather than the labor market conditions or the systemic conditions leading to this pattern.’”

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