Rate Quote by William Weld

Whites have more than eleven times the net worth or wealth of African Americans. They make greater salaries. Our unemployment rate is twice theirs.…

— Randall Robinson

The black unemployment rate has to be twice that of the white rate in the US. If the national unemployment rate were 6.8 percent,…

— Jared Bernstein

The 'black rule' is that youth unemployment is, on average, double a country's unemployment rate.

— Alain Dehaze

When blacks are unemployed, they are considered lazy and apathetic. When whites are unemployed, it's considered a depression.

— Jesse Jackson

Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison.…

— Danny Glover

Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than whites.

— Anonymous

With President Trump, we've seen the lowest ever African-American and Hispanic unemployment.

— Steve Hilton

Black people have been working hard for decades.

— Cornel West

Despite all of the civil rights gains of the past several decades, when it comes to economic opportunity, African Americans and Latinos still experience…

— Sasha Abramsky

“Black illiteracy decreased to 16.4 percent in 1930, from 45 percent in 1900. Fewer black babies died at birth—by half. Black life expectancy was…

— Amity Shlaes

In community after community, there are unemployment rates among young African-Americans of 30 to 40 percent. Thirty to 40 percent! Kids have no jobs,…

— Bernie Sanders

Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we see increasing…

— Angela Davis