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Atlantic City Minorities Stall in Low-Paying Casino Service Jobs29 April 2003ATLANTIC CITY – As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: ``Minorities in this region work largely in lower-paying service and retail jobs and have not moved up in the casino economy, newly released 2000 Census data show. ``A larger percentage of non-Hispanic whites work in professional and management jobs than do blacks and Hispanics, according to a Press of Atlantic City analysis of census information being released today. ``While 31 percent of area whites work in professional jobs, only 22 percent of blacks and 15 percent of Hispanics do in Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Ocean counties. ``In addition, whites are two to three times more likely to work in good-paying construction jobs than blacks in the region. ``…Forty-three percent of black men in the county work in service jobs…" |