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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnd in the blink of an eye-black unemployment rises to 7.7% in one of the largest increases in years
....the new numbers have ruined one of Trumps favourite recent boasts.
Black unemployment rose from a record 6.8% to a non-record 7.7%:
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And in the blink of an eye-black unemployment rises to 7.7% in one of the largest increases in years (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2018
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UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)1. Isn't this a result of mandatory min wage increases in 20 states?
I think this is the reason for wage increases......
Black unemployment can be the result of a new racism.
BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)2. Just saw about the rise in black unemployment
Another tweetin' talking point gets torpedoed.
LuckyCharms
(17,441 posts)3. Holy shit. Regardless the reason, that line is almost straight up.
Shoots his talking point to hell.
Ohiogal
(32,002 posts)4. When Dotard Donnie
talks numbers, we should all know by now he just pulls 'em out of his ass.
Baitball Blogger
(46,720 posts)6. The jobs may have been temporary holiday season work.
dsc
(52,162 posts)7. In theory they adjust by season
but if African Americans were more likely to have those jobs and that wasn't taken account for, then one or both of the data points could have been wrong.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)5. You know what I am dreading? the next plane crash
When shithead took credit for no plane crashes, it set up an unpleasant scenario: the next plane crash gets politicized