Gap in U.S. Black and white unemployment rates is widest in five years

FILE PHOTO: Hundreds of people line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston

At 5.3 percentage points, the gap is now the widest since May 2015 and exposes an important economic component of racial inequality at a pivotal moment in U.S. race relations. In recent weeks, the country has witnessed protests over police brutality against African Americans, particularly Black men. The overall drop in the Black unemployment rate in June was driven by a rise in the number of women returning to work as bars, restaurants and retail stores re-opened, reversing some job losses they suffered in March and April.

The widening spread between racial group jobless rates in the last two months has undone years of gains that slowly narrowed the gap in unemployment rates between Blacks and whites.

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your unusual phrasing of unemployment rates are not showing what you promoted Another rain on the realDonaldTrump recovery?

Widest since Obama. Got it.

Do black people work too?

Oof. Wow there are some real lowlife MAGA cretins in here today. Do you pray to your god with that mouth?

Businesses need to do more to lessen the gap but I’m optimistic that change is coming.

Didn’t unemployment rate drop by 2% today DURING a pandemic? I hope every MSM writer gets laid off. You put nothing but bad Karma out.

First to get fired last to get hired. Sad!! BlackLivesMatter

We closed all the businesses. No shit!

White people for the win again!!

thank you govt imposed lockdowns and govt imposed minimum wage

“I say to black people: What do you have to lose?” Trump 2016

So lock downs hurt employment. Got it.

So we're just gonna pretend it hasn't been decreasing lately to pre-coronavirus levels...........

Have you looked at other predictors than 'race' and what were the results?

Gap in employment/unemployment has a lot to do with actual numbers of each demographic group. More white peoples by real numbers both unemployed and employed has some bearing as does choices made relevant to jobs descriptions/types affected by pandemic. Truth wanting here?*bliss*

'Mind the gap.'

So you’re saying it was wider during the Obama years. 🤔

Very unfortunate situation. We should all have to same rights

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