Within this structure those lower paying jobs previously held by unskilled, primarily non-white Americans have shifted overseas to cheaper, foreign laborers. ... The author offers as a historical example of an effective multiracial political coalition The Industrial Areas Foundation originally founded by Saul Alinsky in an effort to organize Chicago's marginalized poor. ... As neither group is likely to compromise on this issue and as black Americans generally view affirmative action as indispensable to the ultimate goal of racial equality it is an issue which must be resolved before effe...

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