Black workers see little recovery in most states

[eridani]

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/economy/black-workers-see-little-recovery-in-most-states/

The national unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in January and 4.3 percent for whites, huge improvements over the depths of the Great Recessions, However, the rate for African-Americans was 8.8 percent.

According to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute, the black unemployment rate was at
or below its pre-recession levels in only nine states by the end of last year.

The Northwest is a question mark as its states don’t break out black unemployment. This is apparently because they are a very small subgroup in the region. Blacks made up 4.2 percent of Washington’s population vs. 13.2 percent nationally in 2014. Hispanic unemployment is higher than that for Anglos.

The report states, “Of the states where the black unemployment rate has recovered, only Texas, New York, New Jersey, and Tennessee have black unemployment rates lower than the national average for blacks. The black unemployment rate remains most elevated above its pre-recession level in Alabama (5.1 percentage points higher). Before the recession, the African American unemployment rate in Alabama was 5.3 percent—nearly half of what it is now.”

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Yay, recovery!

Oh wait, recovery for whom? Oh, the rich, of course. Whatever was I thinking.