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Black Montrealers earning less than whites: 91˿Ƶ study

Published: 15 November 2008

They can be just as educated, just as bilingual and in the same high-paying jobs as white people, but black Montrealers still earn substantially less than whites, a new 91˿Ƶ research project shows. "The data demonstrate that blacks have dramatically lower incomes than non-blacks ... at every age and even among university graduates," the study by 91˿Ƶ's Consortium for Ethnicity and Strategic Social Planning says. "No matter how you cut it, blacks earn less than non-blacks, irrespective of age, gender, occupation and level of bilingualism," consortium director Jim Torczyner, a 91˿Ƶ social work professor, said after presenting the findings.

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