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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is significant and gets more to the original theme of the thread:

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Research published in today's Washington Post reports that [b]only 47% of African Americans in DC over the age of 16 are actually working...  compared to 80% of whites[/b].  
[drops mic and exits stage]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-will-dcs-next-mayor-tackle-inequality/2014/03/14/69256ee6-aae1-11e3-af5f-4c56b834c4bf_story.html[/quote][/quote]

Yes, well the unemployment rate is almost 20 points higher in black wards vs. white.  Also it's easy for both parents to work when you make enough for child care.[/quote]

The national average is 58% with unemployment at 6.7%  AA in DC are at 47% with unemployment at 17.7%

So for the nation, the number of people employed or looking = 58+6.7% = 64.7%  
AA in DC = 47% + 17.7% = 64.7%

So basically the percentage who have or want jobs in AA is exactly the same as the country as a whole.
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First, the national rate is 63% and second, that's not how the math works.  The number who have jobs is 47% versus 63% nationally or 80% in the rest of the district.[/quote]

1.  It used to be 63%.  It's been 58% since the financial crisis.  http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300000

2.  It depends on what question you are trying to answer.  IF you want to know the people who have jobs, then yes.  If you want to know the people who have jobs or [u]want [/u]jobs, then you have to add in unemployment.  Unemployment is those who are seeking employment but don't have it.

After all, that was Paul Ryan's issue - that people in inner cities don't want to work.[/quote]

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