abstract: 'When income segregation is coupled with racial segregation, low-income

  blacks cluster in neighbourhoods that feature disadvantages along

  several dimensions including joblessness. Residents of these

  neighbourhoods are often innocent victims of crime, including violent

  crime, which frequently goes unnoticed or unreported in the media. They

  represent the other side of Black Lives Matter'', which suggests the need

  for a broader vision that also highlights the plight of innocent victims

  of violent crimes in the inner city, and that recognizes the close

  association between such crimes and joblessness. I therefore call for a

  policy prescription that would enhance the employment prospects of

  jobless youth, who are disproportionally involved in criminal offenses,

  especially those stigmatized by prison records. In making the case for

  this public policy prescription, I challenge Orlando Patterson''s

  assumptions, based largely on the research of Roger Waldinger, that

  young black males are reluctant to take low-wage employment by

  highlighting the important research of Stephen Petterson on reservation

  wages.'
affiliation: 'Wilson, WJ (Corresponding Author), Harvard Univ, Hutchins Ctr, Cambridge,
  MA 02138 USA.

  Wilson, William Julius, Harvard Univ, Hutchins Ctr, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.'
author: Wilson, William Julius
author-email: bill\_wilson@harvard.edu
author_list:
- family: Wilson
  given: William Julius
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/01419870.2016.1153689
eissn: 1466-4356
files: []
issn: 0141-9870
journal: ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES
keywords: 'Income segregation; racial segregation; concentrated poverty;

  joblessness; public-sector employment'
keywords-plus: RESERVATION WAGES; WORK
language: English
number: 8, SI
number-of-cited-references: '16'
pages: 1450-1457
papis_id: ee89d9fb383a2d65c7bbf6e7bbc6d246
ref: Wilson2016blackyouths
times-cited: '4'
title: Black youths, joblessness, and the other side of ``Black Lives Matter'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000377778000017
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usage-count-since-2013: '15'
volume: '39'
web-of-science-categories: Ethnic Studies; Sociology
year: '2016'