A recent article shows that black women have emerged triumphant in May's official unemployment data: we have had a 10 percent decrease in unemployment, from 13.7 percent in April to 12.4 percent in May.
The only problem with these stats is that unemployment overall has decreased over this time period, in part because of Census jobs, which will end shortly.
Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics positioned black women as the strongest-performing demographic in the decline of unemployment across race and gender categories.
So as many media reports have focused on recently, black women are earning advanced degrees and moving up the corporate ladder faster than their black male counterparts.
Still, additional data compared across the 12 months, from May 2009 to May 2010, indicates that the amount of employed black women fell almost 1 percentage point from 56.5 to 55.6.
The 52 percent gap between the unemployment rates of black and white teenagers, however, remained largely unchanged: white teenagers suffer an unemployment rate of 24.4 percent, while 37.3 percent of black teenagers are currently without work.
Many of the federal employment programs from the '80s have been dismantled in cities and rural areas around the country. Major cities, such as New York City and Washington, D.C., still offer programs like the Youth Employment Program, which in the '80s and '90s employed young people from the ages of 14 to 24 years old in minimum wage jobs after school and during the summer. These programs also served to give young people early job skills, extra money and keep young people off the streets.
These kind of youth job programs should be returned all over the country, especially in these economic times when their parents may not be able to find jobs that can help them with essentials, such as school trips, books, and so on. What do you think?
01-June-2010 - In an effort to tackle the latest crisis, the horrendous BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast, Bill Maher thinks Obama needs to act more like a "real black president" and go in to the BP meetings flashing his gat.
25-May-2010 - Ex-police Lt. Jon Burge may have overseen the torture of and obtained coerced confessions from more than 100 African-American men over the course of a 22-year career.
27-May-2010 - CNN was a little embarrassed after accidentally playing a rap song with the N-word in it. The gaffe was part of a segment about a 103-year-old woman, Gladys Flamer, who still drives herself around and lives alone in Coatsville, Pa.
25-May-2010 - Mattel has launched a new line of Barbie dolls called "Back to Basics (pictured below)," which features several dolls, white and black, in (what I can only term) "after-5" wear: There are off-the-shoulder dresses, strapless minis and plunging necklines. The whole thing is absolutely freaky. It's like some odd soft porno featuring call-girl dolls.
24-May-2010 - The 21-year-old R&B sensation recently went on a Tweeting tirade against Atlanta-based celeb gossip blogger Sandra Rose. Reportedly, Brown resorted to attacking the blogger's complexion by using juvenile "you're so black" jokes.
23-May-2010 - If I'm blessed enough to live past my 10th decade on this planet, then 103-year-old Gladys Flamer is going to be my blueprint for how to behave after I pass the century mark.
What about the Black Man? When Black Men start worring about the Black Woman Then I may consider having his back. Lately the Black Woman has taken a beating we are not worthy of marrying we are no good well one thing is for sure we are employable now check that out. So when the Real Black Man decides to stand up please let me know until then continue to marry the Mexicans, White women or whatever the flavor of the month is other than the Black Woman. I rather make my own money than sell my soul to the devils. Because one thing I notice is the Black Man's Learning curve needs work they haven't learned anything from the McNair or O.J. Saga's
I feel your pain C. Williams. But not all brothers are like that, unfortunately the vast majority are. Lets not throw them all away though. Without the one I've been married to for 18+ years (we're both in our 30s) I don't know where I would be. I'm an unemployed CPA with no job in site, it seems to me in my field of work, the whites must fill the vacancies first. Anyway, my family, mind and religion and finances are intact(for now), even with unemployment, because of this brother. They're out there, they just are already taken or tough to find and not always worth looking for. As you said, why sell your soul to the devil.
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By: . on 6/12/2010 9:22PM
What about the black man?Again I ask what about the black man?
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By: KeepinItReal on 6/13/2010 8:57AM
What about the black man? The black man is...once again...bringing up the rear making 20 cents an hour in jail...lol
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By: C Williams on 6/13/2010 1:29AM
What about the Black Man? When Black Men start worring about the Black Woman Then I may consider having his back. Lately the Black Woman has taken a beating we are not worthy of marrying we are no good well one thing is for sure we are employable now check that out. So when the Real Black Man decides to stand up please let me know until then continue to marry the Mexicans, White women or whatever the flavor of the month is other than the Black Woman. I rather make my own money than sell my soul to the devils. Because one thing I notice is the Black Man's Learning curve needs work they haven't learned anything from the McNair or O.J. Saga's
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By: Show Nuff! on 6/14/2010 3:09PM
I feel your pain C. Williams. But not all brothers are like that, unfortunately the vast majority are. Lets not throw them all away though. Without the one I've been married to for 18+ years (we're both in our 30s) I don't know where I would be. I'm an unemployed CPA with no job in site, it seems to me in my field of work, the whites must fill the vacancies first. Anyway, my family, mind and religion and finances are intact(for now), even with unemployment, because of this brother. They're out there, they just are already taken or tough to find and not always worth looking for. As you said, why sell your soul to the devil.
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