The report, released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, revealed that the unemployment rate sits at 6.2 percent. About 4.1 million people have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more.
BNC’s Aiyana Crystal spoke to a Howard University economist about the concerning unemployment numbers and how it’s impacting the Black community. Among major working groups, Black Americans’ unemployment rate is 9.9 percent, while it sits at 5.6 percent for white Americans.
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