This story is interesting.
The public sector is the most important source of employment for African Americans and a key source of high-paying jobs, especially for black women, according to a study by the U.C. Berkeley Department of Labor. African Americans are 30% more likely to hold government jobs than other workers; from 2008-2010, 21.2% of black workers were employed in the public sector, compared to just 16.3% of non-black workers.A higher percentage of black people work for the government, compared to other groups. The government is racist, in a reverse-discrimination sense.
That total only includes people directly employed by the State. There's also the Welfare State. A greater percentage of black people are on welfare, compared to the overall population.
This naturally leads to accusations of racism, against people who want to shrink government. The problem is "reverse"-discrimination by the government, favoring one group at the expense of another.
That's very interesting. A greater percentage of black people work for the government, compared to other groups. A greater percentage of black people are on welfare, compared to other groups. Therefore, if you want to shrink government or welfare, then you're a racist.
Some people might accuse me of racism for pointing this out. Government hurts all people in the productive sector of the economy, no matter what your skin color. The important class conflict is "productive vs. parasitic", although State comedians like to phrase it as "group X vs. group Y, with the State as hero mediating disputes between X and Y".
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If you work for the government in the United Kingdom you get paid overtime and redundancy if you lose your job. Often after getting a generous redundancy payout, government ex-employees walk into another feather bedded government job.
If you work in the private sector you are not paid overtime and your employer will look to cheat you of your lawful redundancy when you lose your job. If you take your private sector employer to an Industrial Tribunal you will never work again in your field.
I read in the newspapers Department of Defence civil servants (the ones behind the desk back home) get paid generous bonuses.
I've worked hard in the private sector and often had to work 50 - 65 hour weeks. I was never paid a bonus, despite my employers doing very well out of my work.
The only winners were the government (via taxes) and my employers. All my income after tax got spent on basic living expenses.
Here in NYC the percentage is even higher. Black workers make up a majority in many public schools, transit, postal etc., yet the fire department which is mostly white is accused of racism.
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