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Landing a Job Particularly Challenging for African Americans

KGO, January 17, 2012

 

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Recovery from "The Great Recession" has not yet hit the black community, where unemployment rates are still hovering around 15 to 16 percent.

The rest of the working community has an unemployment rate of 9 percent.

KGO's Kristin Hanes has more with UC Berkeley's Labor Specialist, Steven Pitts.

 

 
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