Find employment status data based on race. What is the Black or African American Unemployment rate? Is it high or lower than the national rate in question #3, and briefly speculate why?
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Go to the website of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov). What is the national unemployment rate right now? Find the unemployment rate for the demographic group that best fits a description of you (for example, based on age, sex, and race). Is it higher or lower than the national average? Why do you think this is so?
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