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The Green Collar Solution: What it’s like to be black and green

Matt Stroud | Wed, Oct 17th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: green collar, van jones, manual labor jobs, thomas friedman, black and green | 0

Thomas Friedman wrote an interesting op-ed in today’s NYTimes discussing an interview with Van Jones, a Yale-educated “black social activist in Oakland, Calif.” who “talks about what it’s like to be black and green.”

Using his little center in Oakland, Mr. Jones has been on a crusade to help underprivileged African-Americans and other disadvantaged communities understand why they would be the biggest beneficiaries of a greener America. It’s about jobs. The more government requires…
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