Posted on 05/08/2015 1:06:08 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The unemployment rate for black Americans fell to single digits in April for the first time in nearly seven years.
At the same time, the jobless rate among Asian-Americans rose for the first time in six months.
The black unemployment rate in April was 9.6 percent, the lowest level since June 2008. During the financial crisis and recession, the rate had risen as high as 16.8 percent.
Despite the latest improvement, the employment gap by race remains stubbornly wide. The jobless rate for blacks is more than twice that of whites.
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could just possibly BE that a great number of blacks have simply fallen off the roles??
Why wouldn't this be the case, there has been an upswing in riots so they are now gainfully employed in this administrations eyes.
It’s quite possible if you’re counting rioting “Youths”.
Hey! I've got some prime land on (sometimes IN) a bayou down in Mississippi I'll sell you!
/sarc
I guess they took off time from work to go to Ferguson and Baltimore to protest and go shopping.../s
Ahem.....”off” the roles?
Probably because even more blacks have just fallen out of the labor force. Thanks, Barack.
You’ve likely stated a valid point. They’re being PAID to riot.
people who have run out of benefits and arent even looking for work
are they even counted ?
Unemployment rates:
No high school diploma 8.6
High school graduate 5.4
Some college 4.7
College graduate 2.7
Black high school
graduation rate (2012) 59%
White high school
graduation rate (2012) 80%
Maybe Al and Jesse should get off the I’m-a-victim bandwagon, stitch the black family back together, and tell them that education matters if they want to rise above poverty. Of course, those two, and most politicians, want to keep blacks right where they are: dependent on gov’t.
My guess is that this new, timely ‘revelation’ is meant to assuage and encourage that group that indeed ‘things are getting better for us’.
If that’s so, how come a pound of hamburger is $6-7 for a lean cut or gas is at $2.58/gal today my area (at $1.86/gal when Obama elected?)
Milk, butter, eggs, bread, meat, the whole damn ball of wax...more, more, more. BUT! You can buy cereal and chips for the same price and package size! Great! Just don’t look at the net weight of what’s in it.
I’m pretty much down to grocery shopping once a day or two nearby getting meats and such that are at the “sell by” dates just to cut some slack in the food for “still-working Wifey” for when she gets home at night.
Yesterday...as it was the National Day Of Prayer....I wasnt nearly as INFURIATED by Obama’s GAMES.
Today again....it’s back to normal!!
I just came back from a three hour meeting where I was told retirees eligible for Medicare would be transitioned off to a health care exchange in 2016.
“could just possibly BE that a great number of blacks have simply fallen off the roles?? “
They could only have fallen off their roles, is if they are unemployed actors?
Is “youths” racist? (sarcasm)
Hail Np..../s
Great! Then all is well? Everyone is happy? Now what to do with those pesky privileged white folk?
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