Unemployment For Black Males Has Reached Great Depression Proportions

November 25th, 2009

Unemployment For Black Males Has Reached Great Depression Proportions

Joblessness for 16-to-24-year-old black men has reached Great Depression proportions — 34.5 percent in October, more than three times the rate for the general U.S. population. And last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that unemployment in the District, home to many young black men, rose to 11.9 percent from 11.4 percent, even as it stayed relatively stable in Virginia and Maryland.

The jobless rate for young black men and women is 30.5 percent. For young blacks — who experts say are more likely to grow up in impoverished racially isolated neighborhoods, attend subpar public schools and experience discrimination — race statistically appears to be a bigger factor in their unemployment than age, income or even education. Lower-income white teens were more likely to find work than upper-income black teens, according to the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, and even blacks who graduate from college suffer from joblessness at twice the rate of their white peers.

“Black men were less likely to receive a call back or job offer than equally qualified white men,” said Devah Pager, a sociology professor at Princeton University, referring to her studies a few years ago of white and black male job applicants in their 20s in Milwaukee and New York. “Black men with a clean record fare no better than white men just released from prison.”

Full Story: Washington Post

Very interesting article, especially this line, “Black men with a clean record fare no better than white men just released from prison.” Black males need to know the odds are against them so they can’t afford mistakes and will the will have to put their all in whatever they pursue.

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10 Responses to “Unemployment For Black Males Has Reached Great Depression Proportions”

harlem world Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
niggas is ridiculous you know what i think.
yeeeeeeessssssss Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Cosign Nigel and as a black unemployed man I work my hardest for ALL my goals period.

Only 1 rule I WILL NOT LOSE!-Jay Z
County Of Kings Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
niggas better strap up, i aint nobodys come up fuck that i work hard for mines
sdot Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
me and a couple people were layed off from our job at a cuny college because of “budget cuts”. Then when I go to class and pass by where I used to work I see that they hired 3 white people in our place and a few people that work there still told me they were hired right after we were layed off. This is wack but im bout to sue!
JTrain Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Im white and i has to say damn this is just so messed up, Do you think USA will change someday? this is just not right but speaking of job i couldn’t find shit lately and i’m white well i hope i will soon.
MrOnasis Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
This is Old New Folks……Welcome To The Late Great US of A….The more you know, the better you can play the game..Run with that!!!!
NeighborHoodNigga Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Niggaz Dont Wanna Work Anyway!! It’s Robbery’s Everyday Where I’m From..Niggaz Makin Trips To The Suburbs Robbin White Folks Cause The Hood Dryed Out.
REAL RECOGNIZE REAL Says:
November 26th, 2009 at 12:53 am
ITS HARD TO READ THAT, BUT DOING ILLEGAL SHYT RIGHT ABOUT NOW WON’T BE A BAD IDEA. IF I

GET CAUGHT I’LL SHOW THE JUDGE THAT QUOTE SO HIS AZZ CAN CUT ME SOME FCUKING SLACK. THAT

SHYT MAKES ME WANT TO GO OUT ON A FCUKING RAMPAGE AND I’M A COLLEGE GRAD. OH DID I

MENTION I’M UNEMPLOYED WITH OVER 50 THOUSAND IN DEBT WITH SCHOOL LOANS. I GUESS CRIME

IS GOING TO PAYOFF.
J.R Says:
November 26th, 2009 at 2:11 am
I wonder what the NYC #’s are…
I know this is gonna sound eh but I think unprofessional black people give the rest REALLY bad names….
I can’t tell you how many times me or someone I know has had bad/unprofessional shit come from places where the majority of workers were black/it was a black owned place. This dude Katt Williams hit the nail on the head in his stand up “The Pimp Chronicles”. I get tired of that shit yo, alot of the time it’s like mad attitude like you bothering them, seem like they don’t want to do their job and when they do they do it, it’s at their own pace. Not trying to start shit, just stating personal experience.
PhillyzFinest Says:
November 26th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Wow. I agree with everyone who posted above me especially number 8. That college shit is designed to put us all in debt. And if we go to court, we should be able to print out this article and show his cracker ass and he should take that into consideration with the sentencing.

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