Taking a positive (mind you, a rate that has been closely watched and talked about during Bush’s administration) and adding a healthy dose of skepticism.
“For the first time in five years, the African-American unemployment rate dipped. It went from 8.4 percent in December 2006 to 8 percent this January. Do the numbers indicate the job market is looking up for African Americans, or is the drop a one-time drop in the bucket?” (source: NPR)
Mind you, from what I can tell NPR is the only news source covering this–INCLUDING COMMENTATORS AND BLOGGERS WHO WHINE ABOUT THE LEVEL OF NEGATIVITY IN THE PRESS REGARDING BLACK FOLKS.
My question here is that if the rate does not tell the full story, then why quote it and use it as a point of reference when it is high?
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