The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 6,1991 - f. ,'Michigan unemploymiei 'A..... . .O rate is hi EAST LANSING (AP) - The loss of high-paying factory jobs for unskilled workers has pushed Michigan's Black unemployment rate to more than twice the rate for whites, a new study showed yesterday. The report also found that while African Americans make up 13.9 percent of the state's population, they own only 2.1 percent of state businesses. This year's report focused on Black-white unemployment trends from 1971 to 1989 and Black business development in the state from 1982 to 1987. "Michigan is no longer a land of economic opportunity for a large percentage of Blacks," said Joe Darden, dean of the Urban Affairs Program at Michigan . State University. The study found that over the 18- year period, the Michigan unem- ployment rate for Black males aver- aged 20 percent, for Black females it gher for I was 21 percent, and 49 percent for Black youths. For white males, the state unem- ployment rate for that time aver- aged 8 percent, for females it was 9 percent, and for youths it was 18 percent. "They (Blacks) bore a large part of the brunt of intensive competi- tion in manufacturing," said Karl Gregory, professor of economics and management at Oakland University. Gregory, one of the authors of the study, said some service industry jobs are available to replace the lost factory jobs, but they're in the sub- urbs. A lack of mass transit puts those out of the reach of most inner city Blacks, who really need those jobs, he added. The lack of job experience or the proper job experience, such as being a front-line manager, also prevents Blacks from starting their own businesses, Gregory said. The Blacks difficulty in getting fin held down the number business owners, he addid. Although the statisti news for Blacks, they'ris news for the United Su needs all the economic. m muster to hold i ts o' fiercely competitive im markets, Gregory said. "We're not making F of these resources as a .t tion," he said. An earlier report took James Blanchard, a Der task. It said although Ph tionally voted Dern Michigan, under Blanchr' istration their economic o had worsened. Republican John Eg. Blanchard last fall, and Darde that left Blacks with lit cal leverage to use on x office. Pass me the garden weasel "EA'"R ''"""~I" Chi Psi fraternity brothers Jim Mello, Hans Letzring, and Steve Tengler groom their luxury estate. Do You? esfor the 90 s ernativco d Uual rg AG2EENfAIi Buildig aiR Ecological Economgy LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FEATURING... 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