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[WDAM, 09/08/16]
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<p><span id="WNStoryDateline">BILOXI, MS (WLOX) </span></p>
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<p>According to a <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/JSRI160239_JSRI_StateWorkingMS_r20.pdf" target="_blank">new report by the Jesuit Social Research Institute of Loyola University in New Orleans</a>, African-American workers make nearly 30 percent less than whites in Mississippi. Around 100,000 working families in the state are without health care.</p>
<p>The disturbing findings in the report made public on Thursday outline wage disparities among class, gender, and race.</p>
<p>“Growing income inequality has left low and middle class workers in Mississippi without wage increases since the Great Recession," said Father Fred Kammer, director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute. "While the highest earning workers have enjoyed significant growth in wages."</p>
<p>Along with statistics showing the poor in Mississippi indeed getting poorer in recent years, the report also found significant disparities in wages along racial lines.</p>
<p>“In 2015, African-American workers earned a median hourly wage that was $4.65 per hour, or 28 percent less than white workers,” said lead researcher, Jeanie Donovan.</p>
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<p>According to a <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/JSRI160239_JSRI_StateWorkingMS_r20.pdf" target="_blank">new report by the Jesuit Social Research Institute of Loyola University in New Orleans</a>, African-American workers make nearly 30 percent less than whites in Mississippi. Around 100,000 working families in the state are without health care.</p>
<p>The disturbing findings in the report made public on Thursday outline wage disparities among class, gender, and race.</p>
<p>“Growing income inequality has left low and middle class workers in Mississippi without wage increases since the Great Recession," said Father Fred Kammer, director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute. "While the highest earning workers have enjoyed significant growth in wages."</p>
<p>Along with statistics showing the poor in Mississippi indeed getting poorer in recent years, the report also found significant disparities in wages along racial lines.</p>
<p>“In 2015, African-American workers earned a median hourly wage that was $4.65 per hour, or 28 percent less than white workers,” said lead researcher, Jeanie Donovan.</p>
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