Nearly 800k Women, 200k Men Drop Out Of Labor Market: Jobs Numbers 'Not Good' As Participation Drops


The last jobs report before the election was released today and while it doesn’t look bad on the surface we’re going to dig deeper and see what it shows for Black workers.

A recent report reveals that the persistent unemployment gap between Blacks and Whites is not by accident and that the large numbers of American’s who have recently dropped out of the employment market are a bad sign for the economy.

Joining me is Gbenga Ajilore, Senior Economist at the Center for American Progress spoke with Roland Martin during Friday’s edition of #RMU about the the September jobs report.

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