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Alma Adams: “By excluding jobs held by Black and Brown workers from basic worker protections, the FLSA inserted institutional racism…”

On the recordMay 2, 2021
By excluding jobs held by Black and Brown workers from basic worker protections, the FLSA inserted institutional racism into Federal wage and hour law.
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Alma Adams
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Adams discusses the racial discrimination embedded in the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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