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• 9.8% the unemployment rate in the Washington, DC — a little higher than the rest of the nation
• 3.6% the unemployment rate for the more affluent areas of DC — mostly populated by whites source

» This isn’t good. The unemployment rate of Anacostia, a district in Southeast DC east of the river mostly populated by blacks? Nearly 20 percent. DC is merely just a flash point for a much-larger trend. All over the United States, blacks are twice as likely to be unemployed as whites. What’s worse is there’s no real explanation for it — other than the obvious one.

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   white population is keeping African Americans down? Maybe it is the Asian population keeping everyone down....

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9. holden421 said: the unemployment rate is lower for Asian Americans…they must be the racists? womeninbusiness.about.c…
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    discrimination or are black people just lazy. Discrimination. Understand that it’s still there so we can help change it.

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    I’d like to direct everyone who actually believes that we’re...postracial society

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    Gosh…

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