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A look at Minnesota's employment gap

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Law school professer Nekima Levy-Pounds
Nekima Levy-Pounds is a law school professor at the University of St. Thomas.
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A new report by Minnesota's advisory committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights found the employment gap between whites and people of color "intolerable."

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University of St. Thomas law professor Nekima Levy-Pounds, who chaired the advisory group, said high unemployment among African-Americans and Native Americans is something all Minnesotans should care about, especially as the state's workforce ages.

"One of the challenges is that folks who are retiring are well educated and middle class, and upper-middle class individuals," she said. "And when we look at the current trends, we do not have enough laborers who are skilled to fill those positions."