As the Black unemployment rate leaped another eight percentage points last month – from 10.6 percent to 11.4 percent, the White unemployment rate actually remained the same – at 5.4 percent, less than half the rate for Blacks. ''We're in a weaker financial position related to the mainstream in the first place,'' said Alfred A. Edmond, Jr., editor-in-chief of BlackEnterprise.com, in an interview with the NNPA News Service. “The saying goes, 'when the rest of America gets a cold, Black America gets pneumonia." READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW: _http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html_ (http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html) George L. Cook III _www.letstalkhonestly.com_ (http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/) **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)
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