The pandemic risks widening the gap in Buffalo, N.Y., between white and Black workers, who entered the downturn with less financial security and are disproportionately employed in sectors more vulnerable to layoffs and exposure to Covid-19.
Over the last half-century, Black people in Buffalo were more likely to trade relatively stable manufacturing jobs for lower-wage work in the service sector, live in poorer neighborhoods and face higher levels of unemployment, according to researchers and census data. Conversely, white residents, on average in recent decades, were more likely to build wealth through homeownership, hold a college degree and earn a higher income.
Like other formerly manufacturing-heavy cities, Buffalo changed during the second half of the last century, as factory jobs dried up and the overall population declined. With a racial income gap and Black population that are similar to the national average, the Buffalo metro area offers an example of how
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