What Is The African American Economic Agenda?
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- Category: Money
- Published: Thursday, 07 March 2013 03:42
- Written by Delano Bogle
It is now March 2013 and Black History month is over. Now what is our agenda for the 24/7, 365 days ahead?
Lack of focus and unity still plague us. The foreclosure rate in the Black community is still 80% higher than Whites. Black unemployment shot up from 13% - 14% but the true unemployment rate is closer to 30%. 26 million Blacks lost their jobs during the Great Recession of 2009, along with all the wealth gained since 1984.