Unemployment Rate Remains Disproportionately Higher for African-Americans (They Voted for Obama, so no complaints) | THE AUDACITY OF HYPOCRISY | Media Lies | ObamaLies.com | Exposing Mainstream

Unemployment Rate Remains Disproportionately Higher for African-Americans (They Voted for Obama, so no complaints) | THE AUDACITY OF HYPOCRISY | Media Lies | ObamaLies.com | Exposing Mainstream: "Unemployment and job loss figures released for August 2009 by the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics did not hold any promise for economic recovery reaching American households soon.

While the number of jobs lost in August was down – a sign pointed to as evidence the recession is turning around – there was an increase in the number of people claiming unemployment. That figure jumped to 9.7 percent for all workers, up .3 percent from July and the highest level recorded in more than two decades.

The August bump was driven by increases in the jobless rates for adult men, Whites and Hispanics, but unemployment rates for African-Americans grew faster than those for the subgroups of adult men and Whites. The increase for Hispanics, seasonally adjusted, climbed 0.7 percent, to 13 percent for August.

The overall unemployment rate for African-Americans increased 0.6 percent from July to 15.1 percent. The rate for adult Black males increased 1.2 percent to 17 percent and the rate for adult Black females increased only 0.2 percent to 11.9 percent.

The Economic Policy Institute’s Job"