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Demovictory9

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Wed Sep 16, 2020, 02:59 PM Sep 2020

Unemployment gap between black and white workers widens to nearly DOUBLE (13% for black, 7.3 white)

Unemployment gap between black and white workers widens to nearly DOUBLE as economic recovery lags for African Americans
In August, black unemployment was 13% while white unemployment was 7.3%
That put the black jobless rate at 1.8 times the white rate, up from 1.6 in July
Meanwhile, the unemployment gap between men and women narrowed
Female unemployment rate declined to 8.6% from 10.6% in July



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8739459/Unemployment-gap-black-white-workers-widens-nearly-DOUBLE.html

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