Black employers are just as negative as the white employers concerning inner-city workers. William Julius Wilson Read Quote
Certain people are just saying, ‘Look, I’m a businessperson and I have to run a business effectively and I want people who are going to do the job, who have the training and the education and the personality traits – the soft skills.’ William Julius Wilson Read Quote
Crime, family dissolution, welfare, and low levels of social organization are fundamentally a consequence of the disappearance of work. William Julius Wilson Read Quote
There are many positive things to say about the black community. No question about it. William Julius Wilson Read Quote
Black professors make more than white professors. That’s because we are in demand. I’ll tell you, give me two blacks in institutions of higher learning, one has a Ph.D. from an elite institution and has a certain publication record. You give me a white scholar with the same credentials, and I will take that black scholar. William Julius Wilson Read Quote
Liberals were intimidated by the Reagan administration and did not want to appear naive by talking about programs that called for government support. I just said, ‘The hell with that. I’m out there.’ William Julius Wilson Read Quote
I don’t think we should stop emphasizing race because I think, you know, race is still very, very important, and we have to recognize that and continue to introduce programs to address racial inequities. But we have to widen our vision and also address the growing problems of economic class. William Julius Wilson Read Quote
Prior to 1940, the affluent and the middle class began to converge, but after 1979, the economic gap between the middle class and affluent widened significantly. William Julius Wilson Read Quote
My research clearly reveals that if we want to put inner-city workers to work immediately, we just can’t rely on the private sector. They don’t want to touch them; they don’t want to hire them. William Julius Wilson Read Quote
During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great Depression had a leveling effect, and all groups really experienced hard times: poor whites, poor blacks. William Julius Wilson Read Quote
