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How did the social sercurity administration discriminate against African Americans when the benefit first rolled out

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The Act initially omitted large categories of workers of color from retirement benefits and unemployment insurance. ... As a result, 65 percent of African Americans throughout the country were ineligible for benefits, with an even higher percentage of African Americans in the South excluded from the program

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