Joint Center Quoted in Scripps News on Highlight Black Unemployment Rate

Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad interviewed with Scripps News to discuss the recent unemployment numbers and understand why Black Americans are disproportionately impacted.

From the article: “‘I think there is some assumptions or hypotheses around cuts in government deployments, cuts in some of the areas that blacks are disproportionately located in, including manufacturing, some aspects of hospitality,’ said Asante-Muhammad. ‘I think all of that is making African Americans who are often times some of most employed insecure.'”

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