minimum wage in 1949 is the equivalent of $4.04 in todays money. Black teenage unemployment- 9.2%, White teenage unemployment-10.4%. The last year that happened. I wonder what coincides with raises in black teenage unemployment(with white increases as well, but nowhere near as severe). Maybe it's hikes in minimum wage?
You support a raise in minimum wage? You're a racist
A minimum wage not only discriminates against low-skilled workers but also is one of the most effective tools in the arsenal of racists. Our nation's first minimum wage came in the form of the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, which sets minimum wages on federally financed or assisted construction projects. During the legislative debates, racist intents were obvious. Rep. John Cochran, D-Mo., said he had "received numerous complaints in recent months about Southern contractors employing low-paid colored mechanics getting work and bringing the employees from the South." Rep. Miles Allgood, D-Ala., complained: "That contractor has cheap colored labor that he transports, and he puts them in cabins, and it is labor of that sort that is in competition with white labor throughout the country." Rep. William Upshaw, D-Ga., complained of the "superabundance or large aggregation of Negro labor."
Basically the nations first minimum wage law was to stop southern black workers from coming to the north and under cutting the prevailing white union pay(which they weren't allowed in)
taken from an article written by economist walter williams
If you can't argue the point stop replying. You obviously can't