Unemployment Rate for African-Americans: 16.2%

CBS News reports on the jobless rate for African-Americans, and the figures aren’t pretty: While the national unemployment rate hovers around 9.1%, for blacks it stands at 16.2%. For black males the rate is even higher, at 17.5%. Things get even worse in NYC, where a think-tank…

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Unemployment Rate for African-Americans: 16.2%

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