Policy Paper

The Racist Roots of Work Requirements

February 10, 2020

Related Areas of Focus: Work Requirements

Racist Roots

This report traces policies that take away basic assistance from families for not meeting work requirements back to practices that coerced and exploited the labor of Black families, going back to slavery.

(33 pp)

About the Author

  • Elisa Minoff

    Director of Economic Security, Senior Fellow in Policy History

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