Gap in U.S. Black and white unemployment rates is widest in five years

Jobless rates for both groups fell in June, but the rate for whites came down at a much faster rate. The white unemployment rate fell 2.3 percentage points to 10.1% de 12.4%, while the rate for Blacks dropped 1.4 points to 15.4% de 16.8%, according to data released by the Labor Department on Thursday.

En 5.3 puntos porcentuales, the gap is now the widest since May 2015 and exposes an important economic component of racial inequality at a pivotal moment in U.S. race relations…LEER MÁS