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| (Former?) Barack Obama Supporter Venting Frustration |
For the month of November 2011, it was touted that employment in America is down to 8.6%, or the lowest it's been in 2 years. If one was to dig deeper into the statistics, you would see the story for what it is, whites are getting hired at a higher rate while black unemployment is reaching historic levels.
View Bureau of Labor Statistics for unemployment rates in November 2011: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t02.htm
As reported in Novemeber 2011, black male unemployment has risen to 16.5%, up from 16.2% in October. Black female unemployment has risen to 12.9%, up from 12.6% in October.
In comparison, under the Obama administration, most recently white male unemployment has dropped the most from 7.9% to 7.3%. White female employment is the lowest at 6.9%.
This information makes you wonder how is it possible that blacks in America, a group that voted in record numbers to elect the current president, are the group that is suffering most. Is it shocking that whites are benefitting more from a black president in office? Were black people in America better off economically under the Bush administration? While the perception is that having a black president would be beneficial to blacks in America, the reality is that blacks have been worse off economically now than they've been in decades.
The question I pose is will these facts influence a change in results for the next presidential election or will the black voting public continue to emulate turkeys voting for Thanksgiving?
