Apathetic Quote by Jesse Jackson

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.

— Jesse Jackson

During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The…

— William Julius Wilson

The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.

— William Weld

My theory is that nine times out of ten, if there's a depression, more a social depression than anything, it brings out the best…

— Questlove

As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

A lot of joblessness in the black community doesn't seem to be reachable through fiscal and monetary policies. People have not been drawn into…

— William Julius Wilson

A lot of joblessness in the black community doesn't seem to be reachable through fiscal and monetary policies. People have not been drawn into…

— William Julius Wilson

Certainly there is a depression I think a lot of Black folks are getting ready to have come January [2017] and that might be…

— Ed Gordon

Black people have been working hard for decades.

— Cornel West

“Not only are poor, unemployed, less will-educated and non-white people more likely to become depressed, but they are also least likely to benefit from…

— Irving Kirsch

If your experiences suggest to you that poor black folk are lazy, then you must be true to those experiences - except, however, as…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“I decide to scope out craigslist to see all the vibrant economic employment opportunities available to me in this depression. Oh, I’m sorry, I…

— Jarod Kintz