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Black unemployment continues to
climb
By Robert "Rob" Redding Jr.
Editor & Publisher
ATLANTA, Jan. 6,
2012, 8:40 a.m.
- Black unemployment last month
continued to climb, after a brief swing down from a record
high, according to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Labor.
The black unemployment rate in December was 15.8
percent, up from 15.5 percent in November, according to the
department. The November rate was up from 15.1 percent in October.
The October rate was down from 16 percent in September. Both rates
are down from a 27 year high of 16.7 percent in August.
White unemployment continues to decline from 7.6
percent to 7.5 percent.
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Obama, the nation's first black to hold the office,
last year
asked blacks what he could do to bring down the escalating rate.
Obama had
said that he would not do any targeted programs to blacks.
Overall, national unemployment is down to 8.5 percent from 8.6
percent, according to the department.
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