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19805. In the 198Os, more than
30,000 people Ie Flint to 100
for employment opportunites.
The chang in the uto in­
dustry h vc h d a dispropor­
tionately negative imp d on the
African-American community.
There re everal way to
m ure this impact. Changes
in technology, and the use of
cybern tion, h ve eliminated
thousands of jobs.
According to one tudy by
Samuel D.K. lame, in 1985
ut 40 percent of the white
orkers 0 h d lost t ir jobs
between 1979 to 1984 had not
found repl cement employ­
m nt; during the sam period,
t figure for <lisp ced B
60 percent.