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With or without stealing, and quite apart from any interior processes going on in the man who refuses such a job or quits it casually and without apparent reason, the objective fact is that menial jobs in retailing or in the service trades simply do not...

Employment and Manpower Problems in the Cities: Implications of the Report ... - Page 85
by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee - 1968 - 297 pages
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Tally's Corner: A Study of Negro Streetcorner Men

Elliot Liebow - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 228 pages

...amount given him publicly and voluntarily in exchange for his labor. His "respect" and "self-worth" income remains at $35 — only half that of the man...that these jobs tend to offer more regular, steadier work. If he cannot live on the $45 or $50 he makes in one week, the longer he works, the longer he...

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