unemployment rate of African-Americans in the US has reached an all time low!

[Hardkill]

I know that the unemployment rate has generally always been about 1.5 to 2 times the overall unemployment rate in the US. However, according to the latest employment report, the unemployment rate of black people in America has gone down to 5.0%, which the lowest on record it has ever been in the history of the country for all black people in America.

Plus, for the first time ever in US history, the employment-to-population ratio of African-Americans in the US is now higher than the employment-to-population of White Americans.

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/16/1170293913/the-black-unemployment-rate-has-hit-a-record-low-but-it-might-be-too-early-to-ce

 

Btw, the employment-to-population of Latinos and Asians have always been higher than the employment-to-population of White Americans. Therefore, the angry white men, Republicans, and other right-wingers out there really can no longer say that black and brown people are "lazy." In fact, according to some news sources, white men in America are the ones who are getting lazier.

Edited April 17, 2023 by Hardkill

[Hardkill]

Now, according to the April 2023 US jobs report, the unemployment rate of black Americans in April 2023, 4.7%, which is another another all-time low in the history of the country for all African Americans! The gap between the white/Black unemployment rate also shrank to a record margin!

Some blacks did actually decide to not look for work last month, which is part of why the official unemployment rate of black Americans went down to a new low, but African Americans have lately been getting even more worker power and more opportunities to choose where they want to work more than ever before.

While this is something worth celebrating, this of course does not mean that we should be satisfied or complacent with the progress that has been made for black people. I know that Black Americas are still suffering even much more so than white people, or even brown people, from the crisis of economic inequality that's been going for decades in the US. No doubt is that unacceptable problem and a real injustice to all African Americans.

Nevertheless, America is still continuing to make significant progress in giving the respect, power, opportunities, equal rights, and real freedom that all black Americans deserve.

https://www.axios.com/2023/05/05/unemployment-rate-milestone-black-americans

 

Edited May 5, 2023 by Hardkill

[Roy]