How do they distinguish between the "black teen population" as a whole and that which is looking for work? And of that subset, how many are qualified for even entry-level jobs?
The white teen unemployment rate is half the black rate, although still high at 20%.
Nationwide, this wouldn't surprise me, as black teens are most likely concentrated in urban areas and non-business-friendly settings. Of course, the inference is that white teens are somehow getting "something for nothing" over black teens.
It IS shameful and it is horribly pitiful. But you could blast this statistic over loudspeakers in the middle of the ghetto and they WOULD NOT CARE. They will STILL stand behind Obama because it is Bush’s fault, whitey’s fault, and everyone else’s fault in between.
I wondered about that too.
'specially since we are repeatedly told that rich white folks are to blame for less than half of blacks actually completing High School
When my son was a teenager he pumped gas, washed cars and worked as a groundskeeper or caddy in the summer at the local golf course. People pump their own gas now, car washes are automated, no one at our local golf courses want to pay a caddy and the Mexicans do the maintenance.
Have tried to find a high school boy to mow my lawn and although there are lots of teenagers listed in our local paper who are looking for jobs, they only want to do pet care or house sit. They certainly don’t and won’t mow any lawns, including their own.