steal job minorities satisfy white environmentalists bad kind racism always money hillary university michigan survey may find leaders environmental group overwhelmingly white males ethnic minorities occupy few 12 leadership positions.the environmental group call sweep change economy move away oil coal carbon-free source energy seem incapable make transition almost exclusively white group help fund hillary campaign steal livelihood hard-working black american coal miners black communities livelihood depend coal industry.take look top executives eight top 10 group devote fight fight sierra club white male.nature conservancy white male.league conservation voters white male.advertisementworld wildlife fund white male.environmental defense fund white male.friends earth white male.national audubon society white male.nature conservancy white male.yet hillary persist desire shut coal industry give minorities way live middle upper middle-class lifestyle way satisfy white donors activists.watch coal miner confront hillary promise shut coal industry https //youtu.be/-aihd7acfbscoal boom work plentiful 1930s industry employ 400,000 miners 55,000 black african americans restrict physically demand position require less skill earn 30 percent less white wag still high national standards 118.30 per month accord one 1929 survey contrast national study 1939 late find black men earn average income 460 per year.by 1950s african americans make 24 percent mcdowell population compare percent statewide locals come refer area free state mcdowell black doctor lawyers entrepreneurs also flock county draw promise good life even jim crow era unions area integrate black west virginia enjoy vote right local political leadership include many people color everybody money say clif moore current state delegate mcdowell bear county 1949. sort like little new york like little manhattan everything pop mid-century machine begin take task drill blast coal haul grind black miners first lose job certain gateway middle class begin close african americans flee industry even high rat white 1960 share black workers coal shrink 6.6 12 percent decade early 2014 recent year bureau labor statistics data available 2,500 black work coal miners less percent total.coal see boom bust locals time feel different production appalachia fell last year 13 percent 10 percent nationwide tough environmental regulations cheap natural gas choke demand highly pollute fossil fuel last month obama administration announce moratorium new coal lease public land many area mine close shop often empty drug use rampant mcdowell west virginia poor county.still families live generations say reluctant leave praise region physical beauty close-knit family life friendly southern manners different kind black folk dress differently talk differently carry differently little arrogance say moore grin.wade like others harbor particular resentment obama administration do anything us say 88-year-old lean back couch live room overlook mountains run vote democrat whole life wade first start mine franklin d. roosevelt president dangerous gig wade worry much safety even brother nearly die motor accident underground father lose eye roof collapse wade say witness much discrimination either nice white friends would ever want meet get involve mine union serve president late take job unite mine workers america 2005 2011 retirement also serve mayor keystone care local politics heart mine even today wade drive 30 minutes union offices week say hello.for jeremy mcmillian 25 work mine difficult first one 13 black employees among roughly 400 pinnacle mine pineville west virginia say occasionally people direct racial slur way often simply ignore people talk walk like invisible say mcmillian days want snap go crazy push button five years run coal buggy mine gradually grow close colleagues blame parent teach mcmillian never think coal miner father cop stepdad raise own roof business one high school ambition work mine unless father mcmillian never expect end fact afraid mine hear coal workers pneumoconiosis commonly know black lung recent report find near eradication 15 years ago black lung resurge coal miners work long hours often dirty condition think profession welcome black people high school find job mechanic.but father friend white man work mine 32 years tell could earn six figure coal miner mcmillian sign health concern evaporate though make 100,00 year say pay much dangerous job time shift workers prepare go underground say pray together pray last day mine wife cheerlead coach local high school ready quit many job available two children provide 7-year-old daughter 7-month-old girl study roof license take stepfather business one day plan keep work coal long viable.that may long october employer cliffs natural resources announce lay 200 people roughly half staff pinnacle mine mcmillian keep job overtime hours cap cost 2,300 month say relieve though still job.mcmillian say frustrate many national politicians seem turn coal like obama cause like us say instead may vote donald trump talk good game mcmillian say see stick mean want pay less tax say pay 2,400 month state federal tax monthly salary range 4,000 4,500 depend hours.two days new year mcmillian lay make plan start job truck driver haul cars heavy equipment cross-country call back mine happy back work imagine soon give coal trucking.with long black dreadlocks warm smile trinidadian accent janice martin 62 look sound like typical coal miner arrive mcdowell county late 1970s then-husband return home state find work lucrative coal industry.following mother counsel martin search job mine seem obvious place look shut say women allow coal mine think bad luck say martin years late equal opportunity laws force mine hire women try time successful soon one first five women hire u.s. steel co. mine number gary west virginia.at mine martin mason lay block build stoppings aid air ventilation 10 hour good salary man woman mind work male-dominated culture could demoralize cuss make dirty joke make women joke make black joke make polish joke mean life get use none joke personal martin say never felt disrespected.nearly 40 years late still employ coal industry female african-american mine inspector state west virginia cover mcdowell counties love work believe even big job losses hit communities die slowly say people move areas come back drive mcdowell beige gmc truck trinidadian flag fly mirror point sadness frustration retail store government build shut recent years cleaners bank grocery stories school industry decline also hit home martin hop 19-year-old daughter jazzlee would work mine instead study welder raise go mine mine drop drastically future mine via al jazeera america hillary set destroy live proud hard-working black coal miners satisfy mostly white environmental activists video