Black Unemployment Jumps To Depression Levels. (unemployment rate, Obama, Hispanic, states)

[oz in SC]

No hope and change for black people I guess....

CBS News reports that the unemployment rate among African-Americans in the United States is now at 16.2 percent, according to the most recent data compiled by the US Department of Labor. The unemployment rate for black males is 17.5 percent; for black teenagers, it's an astonishing 41 percent.

Things are worse in New York City. "For young men of color," the CBS reports continues, "especially black males in New York City, things are especially bad. According to....the Community Service Society, 34 percent of New York's young black men age 19 to 24 are not working."


These data suggest that, for African Americans, the Great Recession is actually a Great Depression.

Read more: African Americans: unemployment soars

[TheDirector]

Guess they're gonna switch their vote to Romney.

[Krazyone57]

Dang. That sucks for them.

[TheDirector]

Yes because Obama is gonna get a HS Dropout that just got his GED a 6 figure job...(As in the link)

[oz in SC]

Originally Posted by TheDirector

Yes because Obama is gonna get a HS Dropout that just got his GED a 6 figure job...(As in the link)

Ummm,they don't have ANY job....hence the term unemployed.

[tropolis]

black unemployment was in the double digits beforehand.

is there any reason besides the obvious(blacks involved) that you posted this thread?

what about white unemployment, hispanic unemployment, or unemployment in general.

conservatives like yourself say race should be a non factor, yet you mention it in every thread like you say liberals do.

[oz in SC]

Originally Posted by tropolis

black unemployment was in the double digits beforehand.

Was black unemployment at 16.2% before?

is there any reason besides the obvious(blacks involved) that you posted this thread?

Too soon!!!
You played the race card too soon,no points for you.

what about white unemployment, hispanic unemployment, or unemployment in general.

Post away about those,but please stick to the topic.

conservatives like yourself say race should be a non factor, yet you mention it in every thread like you say liberals do.

I believe you are lying right there...tsk tsk.

[Pretzelogik]

Originally Posted by oz in SC

No hope and change for black people I guess....

Read more: African Americans: unemployment soars

Change and Hope...BHO

[EinsteinsGhost]

Since this thread is about comparing current situation to one from the 1930s, what was unemployment rate for black Americans during the Great Depression? (Ideal would be using the same standard of measurement)

[Glitch]

Originally Posted by oz in SC

No hope and change for black people I guess....

Read more: African Americans: unemployment soars

No "Hope", but lots of "Change." After all, that is what they voted for when 93% voted for Obama, right? Stick with the Democrats and you will get a knife in your back every time.

After 80+ years of being screwed over by Democrats you would think that the black community would figure it out by now. The definition of "insanity" is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results. Of course that does not apply to just the black community, everyone who votes Democrat is truly insane.