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WHO GETS TO PLAY?

WHO GETS TO PLAY?
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Who gets to play?, by Julianne Malveaux | Richmond Free Press | Serving the African American Community in Richmond, VA

As summer winds down, and folks start rushing back to school or work, the memories of their vacations perhaps sustain them when, after Labor Day, the business of fall quickly engulfs them.
There’s that Gershwin song from Porgy &
Bess, “Sum-
mertime and
the Living is
Easy,” record-
ed more than
25,000 times
with artists as
diverse as Ella
Fitzgerald and
Willie Nelson.
There’s that no-caring vibe that so many exude. Summer feels like, “Let’s go out to play.”
Which begs the question: Who gets to play?
In the European Union, workers get 20 days a year for vacation. Stores are nearly deserted in Paris this August because people have time off!
In contrast, the average worker gets just 11 days of vacation in the United States. If they’ve worked in corporate America, the average worker gets just one week and has to work for up to five years before getting even two weeks.
Many think educators get the summer off, ....

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