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% à partir de 12.4%, while the rate for Blacks dropped 1.4 points to 15.4% à partir de 16.8%, according to data released by the Labor Department on Thursday.

À 5.3 points, 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…LIRE LA SUITE