On the recordMarch 16, 2021
The Black unemployment rate now stands at 9.9 percent; the Latinx unemployment rate at 8.5 percent; and the White unemployment rate at the 5.6 percent.
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Waters discusses the racial disparities in unemployment rates during the pandemic.
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