African-Americans who voted for Biden en masse, who gave the Democratic primary to Biden (the only candidate who could beat Trump at the time) now have the highest unemployment rate amongst all ethnic groups.
Despite June’s positive jobs numbers, Black workers continue to face high unemployment
It went down during Obama’s terms starting at 11%, then declining to about 5%) and Trump’s presidency by about 1% per year on average, from a high of 17% to about 6.5%, then back up to 15.4% during the pandemic and still at 10%. The white unemployment rate is close to what it was before the pandemic, the black unemployment rate is another 4% higher, give or take.
