Blacks hit hard by economy’s punch

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Business  Tue, 11/24/2009 - 03:50

People wait in line to enter the Diversity Job Fair at the Affinia Hotel, on June 10, 2008, in New York City.<br /><br />Joblessness for 16-to-24-year-old black men has reached Great Depression proportions — 34.5 percent in October, more than three times the rate for the general U.S. population.



 

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