Black unemployment: Highest in 27 years
@CNNMoney September 2, 2011: 3:13 PM ET The unemployment rate for blacks surged to 16.7% in August, its highest rate since 1984, the Labor Department reported Friday.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The August jobs report was dismal for plenty of reasons, but perhaps most striking was the picture it painted of racial inequality in the job market.Black unemployment surged to 16.7% in August, its highest level since 1984, while the unemployment rate for whites fell slightly to 8%, the Labor Department reported.
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And since you can at least double the "official" numbers, somewhere around 34% of Osama's main voter bloc is out of work...
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