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   From: welfare@politics.mess   
      
   By Lydia DePillis   
   Reporting from New York   
      
   Oct. 12, 2025   
   Updated 2:15 p.m. ET   
      
   Joblessness for Black workers is rising again, two years after reaching   
   a record low. It's a troubling indicator: Joblessness often spikes   
   higher for historically marginalized groups during economic downturns,   
   and takes longer to fall.   
      
   This time, the Trump administration's assault on diversity programs and   
   cuts to the federal work force could make it even more difficult for   
   Black workers to recover when conditions improve.   
      
   The African American unemployment rate has surged over the past four   
   months, from 6 to 7.5 percent, while the rate for white people ticked   
   down slightly to 3.7 percent. On top of a slowing economy, the White   
   House's actions have disproportionately harmed Black workers, economists   
   said.   
      
   "I think the speed at which things have changed, in such a dramatic   
   fashion, is out of the ordinary," said Valerie Wilson, who directs the   
   program on race, ethnicity and the economy at the Economic Policy   
   Institute, a left-leaning think tank. "There's been such a rapid shift   
   in policy, rather than something cyclical or structural about the   
   economy."   
      
   At least since the 1970s, when the federal government started tracking   
   unemployment by race, the rate for Black people has run about twice the   
   rate for white people. Because of inferior educational opportunities,   
   the legacy of mass incarceration and discrimination over generations,   
   Black people confront greater challenges in the job market.   
      
   A strong economy during President Trump's first term created more jobs   
   for Black workers, but many of them were lost when the Covid-19 pandemic   
   hit in-person employment particularly hard. Generous public subsidies,   
   though, cushioned the blow, and hiring rebounded quickly.   
      
   https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/business/economy/black-unemployment-fe   
   deral-layoffs-diversity-initiatives.html   
      
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