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Economists are reporting that the economy is improving and we are seeing the evidence in a lower unemployment rate but the lower rate has not meant more jobs for African American men. The latest statistics from the Department of Labor show that African American men have not gained from the decrease in the unemployment rate.
In September an additional 114,000 jobs were added to the economy. There were over 86,000 additional jobs also added in July and August. In the last 31 months, the private sector has added jobs every single month which reflected well on President Obama who took office during the worst economic crisis since the the Great Depression.
It’s interesting to note that among adults over the age of 20, the improvement in unemployment rates was only for African-American women. The employment rate for Black women improved from 55.1 percent to 55.3 percent but the employment rate for Black men decreased from 57.7 percent to 57.5 percent.
Over the course of President Obama’s first term, more than a million jobs have been created and the unemployment rate has reached its lowest point in 44 months at 7.8 percent in September.
While the rest of the country celebrates, it’s important to note that overall, African-American employment only went up from 52.7 percent to 53.0 percent and unemployment only fell from 14 percent to 13.4 percent.
Since the Obama administration implemented the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 we have seen more jobs being added every month starting from March 2010.
While the rest of the country and the Obama administration talk about how more jobs are being created, a conversation also needs to be going on about why Black men are not reaping the benefits of those additional jobs that are being created.
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B
October 13, 2012 at 7:09 pm
This is propaganda. There are more black men on t.v. all day employed alongside their white colleagues than there are black females. There are more black men in suits and ties walking around NYC all day than there are black women. Black women are being viciously “removed” from their positions in corporate america by white females by the thousands. This is game to keep the masses stupid and cause division between black men and women. If a black man is unemployed today, it is because he wants to be. As the caucasoid female continues to hijack the jobs in private sector, the black man will gain entry because she devil will not work alongside a competent sister and that is a FACT. The caucasian media will continue to control the thoughts, actions and reactions of so called black people because they are divided, hateful towards each other and still chasing the caucasian’s approval and mighty dollar. Black people will sell their mama for a dollar and have no dignity. This is all part of the plan to keep black people divided because “they” feel they are losing ground in this country. These numbers and statistics are b.s. and the average black female and brothers who will not bend to their wicked schemes are being violently disenfranchised. For those who are doing wicked and working towards the demise of others, karma is coming for you and will not be late. There will be no place to run or hide. She will find you and justice will be served on a cold platter. So knock yourself out.
me112233
October 12, 2012 at 9:06 pm
Article states: “Over the course of President Obama’s first term, more than a million jobs have been created . . . ”
Translation: Over the course of Obama’ first 3 1/2 years in office, almost as many jobs were created as were lost during Obama’s first 3 1/2 years.
Article states: ” . . . and the unemployment rate has reached its lowest point in 44 months at 7.8 percent in September.”
Translation: The unemployment rate is almost back down to where it was when George Bush was in office. Yippie!!! Barack Obama has finally managed to accomplish the same thing that George Bush did, and it only took him three and a half years and paying off the people who manipulate the data (i.e., the people who control the output of the Department of Labor’s statistics are Obama Appointees).
Article states: “While the rest of the country celebrates, it’s important to note that overall, African-American employment only went up from 52.7 percent to 53.0 percent and unemployment only fell from 14 percent to 13.4 percent.”
Translation: Barack Obama doesn’t give a c**p about black people. Everything he does is designed to give liberal white supporters money (e.g., Solyndra) and liberal white workers jobs (e.g., United Auto Workers Union). Barack Obama also helps another important voting block — hispanics — by giving “legal” status to illegal aliens so they can get jobs that once were reserved for legitimate citizens (including black citizens) of this nation. Obama says “Black people are stupid and ignorant; they will never actually vote for someone else when there is a black man on the ballot. So why should I spend my limited time and resources on a group of people that will never leave the plantation? I’m giving money and assistance to those people who might actually vote for someone else if I don’t do them right. Stupid Negroes.”
Imhotep
October 12, 2012 at 9:04 am
Oh and since u say all jobs require a degree, I looked at my last two meter readers( for water and gas/electric and I looked up the qualifications for that job on the company’s website. It just takes a high school diploma or a GED but all the one’s I see are white( my dad said we used to do that job also}. So what the excuse for that? Think about it…Ptah RA
Imhotep
October 12, 2012 at 8:57 am
@ Elizabeth…Now let me Preface this by saying I have two degrees and work in a recession proof industry and have my own biz. That being said I am a realist. So my questions to u r, when I go in a McDonald’s to get coffee in the morn and see all Latinos does that job take some schooling? When I go past construction sites and see white boys and Latinos pushing wheel barrels and hauling equipment( I rarely see a brotha with the tool belt on, but that’s another subject) does that require and education( my dad tells me that those jobs used to be done by us and they pay good money)? When I had my roof done, all the helpers for the company were Latino, does that take a degree? When I walk in the hospital and see all Latinos buffing and waxing the floors does that take a degree? At the local car wash, all the helpers are Latino now, does that take a college degree? Need more? Answer please? Hotep
ELIZABETH
October 11, 2012 at 8:39 pm
African-American men need to stay in school. As the POTUS pointed out there are jobs but we do not have qualified people to fill those positions. African-American women are hired more because we have more women of color with college degrees. Let’s stop with excuses, racism is rampant of course, but employers cannot and will not hire underqualified people. Now, most companies are looking for people with Master’s Degrees. Knowledge is key.
Imhotep
October 11, 2012 at 4:03 pm
Addendum-The best thing about having some doors closed in your face is the ability to make and open your own door. I started my own biz Three years ago and got certified from the CMS( Center for Medicare and Medicaid) to sell Medical equipment, provide transportation, and even nursing services. It did take a lot of leg work, some cashola and some help from my golfing partner’s lady( she is a bank manager, a good sista). I also got a couple of ex-offenders some work with some auto repair and landscaping under my biz umbrella. To you high-society bros and sistas( and this goes for you drug dealers also, turn your money into something clean and prosperous) open a biz and put some of us to work. We will work and Dr. Joy, a job is a job, esp to someone who doesn’t have one. I know white folks with degrees that are renting cars because they can’t find a job in their field. Gotta make the donuts right? Ask the Latinos.. Hotep
Imhotep
October 11, 2012 at 3:39 pm
@ Dr Joy I design and QA medical equipment for a device maker but I have worked for my mother( she is a highly respected attorney) as a PI and I’m glad we have good lawyers like the ones from the innocent project because if u understand the his-story of Affirmative Action, it was designed for qualified Negroid. I know a black female doctor that has a suit against her group for a unjust firing. She of course was the only black Dr at this specialty hospital in the area. My best friend is a Podiatrist and he is going thru h**l with Primesource, his group contractor. Again,the higher the level, the bigger the devil.. Hotep
Mary Hill
October 11, 2012 at 2:26 pm
the Black men who have moved on up to the eastside need to move back to their neighborhood; otherwise, it will remain a ghetto. Preparation, somebody helped you. Don’t forget where you came from. You can fall to the bottom as easily as you rose to the top.
Cottin
October 11, 2012 at 2:23 pm
As Black men we need to be more creative when it comes to jobs and ownership of businesses. We should know by now even with a Black face in the highest position in the land. The government is not going to help with the Wealth of Black men. We got no stimlus money, but we pay taxes. The leadership in the community spend no time on building wealth for the people. Vote for them and they have no influence to get Black men jobs. With out a job its hard to feed a family. There is little qualifications in getting a basic job. Remember most Black men work for the govenerment or other Black people. Create a job today and we CHANGE this stat.
Imhotep
October 11, 2012 at 9:10 am
Racism is still alive and well. When there are plenty of white folks out of work or looking for work in different fields, black are not valuable. I know because I have 18 years of exp in my field and I am working on another degree and When I interview for some cushy positions, I can’t even get a call back. Got a suit filed now over hiring practices at a company with The Office of General Counsel in my city. It’s run by a mixture of lawyers and they took my complaint real fast and served the other party which tells me that they must have had complaints against this company before. I have been interview by white guys that do not have my skills or credentials and they never call back. After so long, I know the look and the responses from these Caucasians when I walk in the door. And I’m a veteran with no record. So if it can happen to an 18 year veteran in my field, It can definitely happen to so-called “regular”(whatever that means) brothas. One of my sisters has a case with the EEOC( she is an engineer) because her company let her go and her sales numbers were better than a host of her white counterparts. They were better than the Owner’s son( but you know he’s not getting downsized). She did get her right to sue letter. We will see what happens. Crackers are the worst!!! Boycott Hampton hotel chain. They just settled a class action lawsuit for discrimination of its black employees and admitted that some of their human resources folks threw away Negro application in favor of Hispanic ones( EEOC briefs state this!!) File your complaints with the agencies if you feel you have been wronged!! The legal avenue is our only recourse in this unjust society!! Hotep
Peter D. Slaughter
October 11, 2012 at 8:49 am
It’s all BS overall
Chris
October 11, 2012 at 8:41 am
this is serious folks! and NO BODY’S talking about much less trying to find a solution.
But shhh its an election year. When is the right time?
me112233
October 12, 2012 at 10:32 pm
Just way 4 more years, THEN it will be time to say something. Odd’s are, the next president will be white. So, you are supposed to wait until a white guy is in office to complain about government policies, THEN you can complain about getting crapped on. But whatever you do, don’t say anything out loud that might cast a negative light on Barack Hussein Obama, we just can’t have anyone suggest that black employment was better when George Bush was president. No way that Obama could be worse than Bush?
Derrick
October 11, 2012 at 7:22 am
This is a plan by this racist government to keep Black men out of work, in the prison/penal/p***s system, and to keep negroid females claiming that Black men don’t want to work!
This plan is to keep the Black woman against the Black man, and to keep us separated, so they can continue to date, marry and s*x caucasoid males.
We are already labeled ‘lazy’, so this is another way these yankees can keep killing us because a hungry man, has to steal, if he has no job. This is how the pigs will continue to shoot us down, and bring drugs and guns into our communities, to keep these brothers killing each other!
THIS IS A PLAN BY willie lynch aka YOUR government!
DeepEntity
October 10, 2012 at 11:39 pm
They’re basic hiring Black Women but the men are left in the dust. It’s a form of racism or discrimination and is causing Black male’s to find illegal means of supporting themselves, which will lead them into the prison system. It’s a domino effect of a country built on racism.
caz
October 11, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Absolutely, we know this but we fall prey to it anyway. What’s wrong with that picture. They did it during Jim Crow and are still doing it to Black Men. It makes Black Men appear to be weak to their women.I believe it is one of the reasons that Black Women are now chasing White Men.
me112233
October 12, 2012 at 9:37 pm
Casting the unemployment issue aside for a moment, have you considered that black women are now dating white men, if for no other reason, than soooooo many black men are spending all their romantic energy chasing white women? So, the black woman can sit at home on Saturday night, or go out with some white guy that takes an interest in her. If black men would stop chasing white girls, perhaps black women wouldn’t be entertaining the notion of dating a white man. Black folk sure do have a double standard when it comes to interracial dating (OK for black men, and NOT ok for black women). Look at all the bimbos that Tiger Woods was chasing around; not only was Tiger married to a white woman, 100% of the women he was cheating with were white women; why not call Tiger a racist for such discriminatory behavior? Barack Obama did end up marrying a black woman, but almost all of his “before Michelle” women were white. Herman Cain, married to black woman, cheated with white women. Michelle Obama’s own brother is married to a white woman. Justice Clarance Thomas has a white wife. Russell Simmons has him a white girlfriend these days. James Earl Jones, Vernon Jordon, Don Cornelius, Montel Williams, Seal, Kofi Annan, Harry Belafonte, and Ice T all have (had) white wives. The list goes on and on, of successful black men who have chosen (aka, preferred) white women. So what do you expect, there are already a shortage of black men with respect to the number for black women, so it only makes sense that a black woman would find her a white man if that’s what it takes to find “true love.”