{"id":312155,"date":"2010-02-12T11:33:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T16:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.southernstudies.org,2010:\/\/5.12139"},"modified":"2010-02-19T11:18:47","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T16:18:47","slug":"index-green-jobs-for-whom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/312155","title":{"rendered":"INDEX: Green jobs for whom?"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. unemployment rate in January 2010: 9.7%<\/a><\/p>\n

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Unemployment rate for Hispanics: 12.6%<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Unemployment rate for blacks: 16.5%<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Unemployment rate for black men: 17.6%<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Number of times President Obama mentioned “jobs” in his recent State of the Union address: 23<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Price tag for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed by Congress last year to stimulate the economy: $787 billion<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Amount set aside in the bill to create so-called “green” jobs for disadvantaged workers: $500 million<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

\nNumber of requests granted to include tracking mechanisms measuring
\nthings like the race and residential ZIP codes of those getting green
\njobs or training: 0<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

\nPercentage of the $25 billion in federal stimulus funds distributed
\ndirectly to private transportation and defense firms that went to
\nblack-, Latino- or women-owned businesses as of last fall: just over 6<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Percentage of the stimulus funds such firms were getting as of January 2010: 5<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Of the total amount of stimulus funds awarded in Florida, percentage that went to minority-owned firms: 12.6<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Of the 40 Florida companies that won Recovery Act-funded business, number that responded to requests for data from researchers: 4<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Of 30 state energy efficiency bills examined by researchers, portion that targeted low-income communities or workers of color: less than 1\/3<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Percentage of black women employed in green jobs: 1.5<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Percentage of Latinas: 1<\/a>
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