Unemployment Issues; Not a racial issue, an American issue.

news/information/opinion -  updated 11.4.2011

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When you search the net for stories on various stories about black, white or hispanic unemployment... these are the types of returns you get.  Yes, it's tough out there...but it's an AMERICAN UNEMPLOYMENT issue.  Notice the difference in the search returns.

It needs to stop being a racial issue.

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Black
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Black Unemployment Rate Falls in October BET According to Georgia Tech University economist Thomas Boston, the September figure was not so much a dip as it was a more accurate reflection of the Black unemployment picture because the August figure of 16.7 percent was falsely high because seasonal ... See all stories on this topic » BET

Congressional Black Caucus And President Obama Make Nice Ahead Of Tough ... Huffington Post After a long, somewhat contentious summer, in which the Congressional Black Caucus seemed to fall out of love with President Barack Obama over the black unemployment issue, the CBC and the president seem to be hugging it out and coming together ahead ... See all stories on this topic »

Job axe falls hardest on rich suburbs Sydney Morning Herald The author of detailed unemployment figures used in the analysis, John Black, the chief executive of the demographic consultancy Australian Development Strategies, warns that white-collar job losses are "the canary in the coalmine" for further job ... See all stories on this topic »

Hope in the jobs numbers Reuters Blogs (blog) There's some encouraging news buried in this month's employment report; you just can't see it by looking at the headline numbers. Black unemployment is plunging, down to 15.1% in October from 16.7% in August. The number of long-term unemployed fell by ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters Blogs (blog)

Radical action is needed in jobs crisis Minneapolis Star Tribune This may account for the 22 percent unemployment rate in the African-American community, and for the 41 percent unemployment rate for black youths ages 16 to 19. Minnesota has a dropout rate of 62 percent for black students, according to the Minnesota ... See all stories on this topic »

Offshoring: coming soon to a job near you Sydney Morning Herald Similar views are expressed by John Black, the chief executive of demographic consultancy Australian Development Strategies, whose detailed sifting of unemployment data suggests white collar workers have borne a disproportionate brunt of job losses in ... See all stories on this topic »

Grimsby and Doncaster identified as major 'balck spots' for high levels of ... HRmagazine.co.uk A report published this morning by The Work Foundation and Private Equity Foundation has uncovered 10 black spots for youth disengagement - cities where between one in five and one in four young people are not in education, employment or training ... See all stories on this topic » HRmagazine.co.uk

South Africa: Mazibuko and Malema - New Profiles, Re-Shuffling Social Forces AllAfrica.com But his appeal is directly to the unemployed young black graduate, the losing entrepreneur, the frustrated civil servant who didn't get the affirmative action post (which is by no means an illegitimate or ignoble cause). But this is a layer caught ... See all stories on this topic »

Black America needs angels to create entrepreneurs, not Superman Washington Post Today, Black unemployment is 16 percent — twice the unemployment rate of Whites. The depth of the problem is underscored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) broader measure of unemployment data, referred to as U-6 data. ... See all stories on this topic »

Obama's top advisor touts president's record Charlotte Post Meanwhile, black unemployment is still high. Statistics show that the national rate of African American unemployment in August surged to 16.7 percent, its highest level since 1984 while unemployment for whites fell slightly to 8 percent. ... See all stories on this topic »

Keep Dropping! Unemployment Falls In 75 Percent Of US Cities News One What I want to know is why is there a link to a Kim Kardashian story in the middle of an unemployment story? SMH. Newsfun is trying to convince unemployed blacks that they are no longer unemployed. These corporations are only hiring for seasonal help ... See all stories on this topic » News One

Michael Blake, Star Organizer, Joins Obama's 'Operation Vote' To Rally Black ... Huffington Post Maxine Waters, all of whom have criticized the president for what they have called his inattention to the black unemployment crisis. In some cases it appears that black voters have now put the heat on Congressional Black Caucus members, who they see as ... See all stories on this topic »

6at4 Business Report: Greece, unemployment, Walmart 6abc.com November 2, 2011 (WPVI) -- Greece's debt continues causing headaches worldwide; the unemployment picture gets better in Philadelphia; Walmart pre-empts Black Friday. European leaders are holding emergency meetings with Greece after Grecian officials ... See all stories on this topic »

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Job axe falls on rich Sydney Morning Herald A Herald analysis shows residents in traditionally wealthy white-collar suburbs of Sydney are losing their jobs at a much faster rate than NSW generally. The author of detailed unemployment figures used in the analysis, John Black, the chief executive ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Senate Blocks Another Jobs Bill, Accomplishing Goal of Keeping Unemployment High Death and Taxes The former may help banks update their models — but the latter matters far more to the White House and the eventual Republican nominee.” Is it possible that Senate Republicans are doing something other than trying to keep unemployment high so that ... See all stories on this topic »

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- OCTOBER 2011 Interbiznet Bugler (press release) Government employment continued to trend down. (read more) Glassdoor Board Director and Career & Workplace Expert, Rusty Rueff, along with one hundred other business leaders flew to Washington to participate in the Business Forward and White House ... See all stories on this topic »

CBN Laments High Unemployment Rate THISDAY Live By Christopher Isiguzo The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Thursday lamented the increasing spate of unemployment in the country occasioned by the craze for white-collar jobs by fresh graduates. It said for the country's to achieve the economic ... See all stories on this topic » THISDAY Live

U.S. unemployment ticks down to 9% The Hindu The marginal drop in unemployment figures came even as President Barack Obama issued a statement criticising the Republican opposition for blocking the White House's Infrastructure Bill, aimed at boosting job creation in this sector. ... See all stories on this topic »

Fed's Forecast Is Bad News for Obama Town Hall High unemployment will persist throughout 2012 along with sharply slower economic growth rates. The Federal Reserve took no action at this time to deal with the chronically weak economy, sending yet another unmistakable message to the White House and a ... See all stories on this topic »

Jobs report eases recession fears as unemployment rate drops The State The professional and business services sector, which includes better-paying white-collar jobs, added 32000 positions for the month, bringing to 562000 jobs added by the sector in the past 12 months. Leisure and travel services, which signals Americans ... See all stories on this topic »

U.S. Labor Department announces overhaul to veterans program UPI.com While white veterans make up the majority of the veteran labor force, black veterans, who make up 11.9 percent of the veterans' labor force, account for 17.5 percent of unemployed veterans in 2010. From 2007-10, the unemployment rate for ... See all stories on this topic »

Richmond region's unemployment rate remains unchanged Richmond Times Dispatch (From left) Theresa Morris, of Richmond, and Megan White, of Powhatan, speak with Sheila Beard at a September job fair in the Richmond area. The Richmond area's unemployment rate remained unchanged in September from August. The region's overall jobless ... See all stories on this topic »

At this rate, full employment is 12 years away MarketWatch The pace of hiring is so weak, in fact, that the economy wouldn't get back to full employment (around 6%) until 2023, or mid-way through Kim Kardashian's second term in the White House. This is not a prediction; it's simply an extrapolation of current ... See all stories on this topic » MarketWatch

Scranton teachers union president visits White House, touts jobs bill Scranton Times-Tribune The jobs act includes tax cuts for businesses, investments in infrastructure, saving teaching and public safety jobs, modernizing schools, cutting payroll taxes and unemployment insurance reforms. Vice President Joe Biden addressed the group, ... See all stories on this topic » Scranton Times-Tribune

Jobless Claims Decline Wall Street Journal On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve projected that unemployment will remain near or above the 8% mark through 2013. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said that forecast was "unsatisfactory" and called on Congress and the White House to assist the central bank in ... See all stories on this topic »

White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, November 2, 2011 eNews Park Forest And he -- because he believes it's in the interest of the American people that that action be taken and certainly believes that Americans who are unemployed, who are looking for work, deserve the attention of Washington, the attention of Congress as ... See all stories on this topic »

Mario Tama / Getty Images msnbc.com (blog) The Fed chairman also noted that the central bank can't revive economic growth and reduce unemployment by itself, saying “it would be helpful” if Congress and the White House did more to support job growth. He also noted that the Fed has little control ... See all stories on this topic » msnbc.com (blog)

Feed the Meter, Save Your Credit Score TIME By Martha C. White | November 3, 2011 | + Years of high unemployment, reduced consumer spending and declining property values have created a kind of perfect storm for the coffers of cities around the country. Municipalities are increasingly turning to ... See all stories on this topic »

Shakespeare, The Bible, and America's Shift Into a Punitive Society Huffington Post There are, of course, dozens of ways to capture the misery millions in our country are going through every day -- depressing statistics on unemployment, poverty, declining educational opportunities, bankruptcies, etc., etc. But the stat that Professor ... See all stories on this topic »

Paul D. White: UCLA report on Latino, black suspensions skips... Los Angeles Daily News It's not racial bias but a higher incidence of poor parenting that explains not only why black and Latino children get suspended more frequently, but why they also go on to disproportionate representation in prisons and unemployment. ... See all stories on this topic »

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Hispanic
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1 in 15 Americans are among the poorest poor
Detroit Free Press
New census data paint a stark portrait of the nation's haves and have-nots at a time when unemployment remains persistently high. It comes a week before the government releases first-ever economic data that will show more Hispanics, ...
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