Let me put this in for the record. Black unemployment is double that of whites at 6.8 percent, which is the highest among all racial groups nationwide.
Bill Lee: “Let me put this in for the record. Black unemployment is double that of whites at 6.8 percent, which is the highest…”
On the recordMarch 5, 2018
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Lee highlights the disparity in unemployment rates between black and white communities.
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