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Tina Smith: The unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, at 7.1 percent, more than twice what it is for White workers.

On the recordJanuary 10, 2022
The unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, at 7.1 percent, more than twice what it is for White workers.
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Tina Smith
Democratic · Minnesota

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Smith points out the disparity in unemployment rates between Black and White workers.

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