Throughout U.S. history, the dominant images of the American breadwinner have been the burly fellow who toils in factory and field and the executive who reports to work in a three-piece suit. But the times they are achangin', and fast. New figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that in 1983 white male workers became a minority for the first time in the country's history. They now make up 49.3% of the civilian labor force, down from 62.5% 30 years ago.
The percentage of blacks and other minority-group members among workers has increased from 10.7% to 13% since 1954....
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