To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle class

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02/17/25

 

[Piff Perkins]

This was brought up for months last year while people on this forum laughed, sneered, and ignored the issue. A lot of black people who successfully broke into the middle class (and stayed there) are state and federal workers. From bus drivers to postal workers to security guards to TSA workers. It has been a pretty consistent path to making upwards of six figures. Not anymore, at least not for the next 4 years.

And I guarantee you in 4 years the same people who dismissed this issue will magically re-appear just in time to argue the election doesn't matter for black people.