More appalling Facts......Courtesy of our current President....

[bornaneer]

A record 12,202,000 black people were not in the labor force in March,
as the participation rate for this group declined over the month to 61.0
percent, according to data released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).

The unemployment rate for black people in March was 10.1 percent, which
is nearly double the overall national unemployment rate of 5.5 percent.

For black teens, age 16 to 19 years old, the unemployment rate was even
higher at 25.0 percent, meaning that one in four black teens who were
actively seeking a job did not have one.


According to data releasedhttp://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t02.htm Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 56,131,000 million women were not in the labor force last month, an increase of more than 100,000 from February when 56,023,000 women were not in the workforce.
The level is a record high, and the labor force participation for the month of March at 56.6 percent is a 27-year low.

 

[Original Mountaineer1]

that teen employment number is staggering and if accurate a horrible indictment of our domestic policies.

 

[bornaneer]

It's no secret that the immigration policies of our latest Presidents are the cause. The big question is why Blacks and Women are blind to the FACT that the numbers have gotten much, much worse under the current President.

 

[Wolf J. Flywheel]

People of ALL colors are blind to a LOT of things right now.

 

[PriddyBoy]

Based on the remains of the past, future archeologists will incorrectly...


...blame Bush...and so it goes.

 

[Snow Sled Baby]

no wonder all those folks in Ferguson had the time to march

around all day and night.......didn't have anywhere else to go

 

[mule_eer]

This link doesn't address the specific topic, but the overall trend in participation rates. A drop was expected and predicted in 2006.

I will make a note about the 16-19 rate though. If someone goes to school, they still count in that demographic. So the 16-+9 range is counting high school and college students who may not be seeking employment. You don't have to be looking for a job to be counted in the demographic.

labor participation explained