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African Americans Face Systematic Obstacles to Getting Good Jobs

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2019/12/05/478150/african- americans-face-systematic-obstacles-getting-good-jobs/

• Uninterrupted growth in jobs for 109 months in the USA.

• Low unemployment rate since 50 years

• African Americans struggle to find jobs

• African Americans face more unemployment rates, fewer job opportunities, fewer wages,

and fewer benefits

• African Americans work in less stable jobs

• The causes of this problem are many, including the riots in Black Wall Street in 1921 and

racial terrorism.

• Unemployment rates for blacks are higher than whites for several reasons.

• Blacks face discrimination in the labor market.

• Blacks are less likely to go to college.

• They face the financial consequences of getting a college education.

• More debt than whites and they pay more for their loans.

• Black women have bad jobs.

• 84% of black mothers are breadwinners. They have very low wages.

• Black women earn 61.9 cents for every dollar that white men earn.

• Blacks get paid much less than whites. The average weekly earnings for blacks are $ 727

compared to $ 943 for whites from July to September 2019.

• The advantages of blacks are very few. Only 55.4 percent had health insurance in 2018,

compared to 74.8 white workers.

It's getting even harder for African American families to afford homes

https://www.inman.com/2019/10/16/its-getting-even-harder-for-african-american-

families-to-afford-homes/

• African American families can only purchase 25% of the homes for sale

• Many African Americans own homes with fewer amenities.

• Low-rated schools.

• Whites can handle 80% of homes, but blacks only 48.7%.

• Home prices rise 70% after the 2012 housing crash recovered.

• Black Americans were the most affected by the crash in 2008 and had difficulty returning

home ownership.

• The rise was outside the African-American budget.

Bad Medicine: The Harm That Comes From Racism

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/upshot/bad-medicine-the-harm-that-comes-from-

racism.html

• Blacks receive less health care.

• Low health coverage rates among blacks. Racism plays a role in caring for the health of

blacks.

• African Americans receive low-quality health services.

• Blacks are less likely to receive treatment for cardiovascular disease.

• Evelynn Hammonds says, "There has never been a period in American history when

blacks were on the same health as whites."

• African American men have the worst health outcomes of any demographic.

• At age 45, the average life expectancy is more than 3 years less for non-Hispanics.

• From 1932 to 1972, public health tracked 600 men from the low- income men, 400 of

them had syphilis.

• Providing false treatments to blacks, which led to the transmission of the disease to

family members.

• It is difficult for blacks to trust the health system.

• Black men are more likely to die at a younger age.

• Thousands of black women are sterilized without their consent.