Coronavirus Obliterated Best African-American Job Market on Record

7/20/20
 
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from The Wall Street Journal,
7/20/20:

The economic situation for black workers was fragile even before the downturn, which means recovery might be slower

Near the end of a decadelong economic expansion, African-Americans were finally finding some financial stability. Unemployment had reached record lows, and their wages had begun rising modestly.

The coronavirus pandemic and shutdown brought all of that—one of the most promising economies in recent memory for African-Americans—to a crushing end.

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