Take a look at this chart, at its peak in 2010 Black unemployment was at 16.8%. This was due to the economic downturn under the previous president.
Over the next seven years unemployment went from 16.8% to 7.8% for Black Americans, that’s a 9 percentage point drop and Black unemployment was cut by over 50% under his administration.It currently stands at 6.6% in 2019.
Now with that info in hand, why do we allow 45 and his cohorts to brag about Black unemployment?
The going narrative is that Black unemployment is at an all time low thanks to his administration but under his administration it only went down 1.2% points. I’m not Albert Einstein but I know a 9 point drop versus a 1.2 point drop is way better. Yet we continue to allow him and his surrogates to play up the fact that Black people are doing better under his watch.
And one of the worst things about this narrative is that Black people are parroting it as if it’s true. As a way to make it seem like Obama did nothing for Black people and 45 has.
This needs to stop, if you see an uninformed Black person or any other person saying this, please point them to this chart and let them know that under 45 we’ve only moved 1.2 percentage points versus 9 under Obama. So stop with the BS!
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