A recent study indicates that of the major ethnic groups impacted by unemployment during the current U.S. recession, Black men have experienced the greatest job losses since the crisis officially began in November 2007.
“What's missing from national media coverage of this recession is plainly a great deal of dishonesty about who's losing their jobs. This is overwhelmingly a blue collar, retail sales, low level recession,” said Andrew Sum, professor of economics and director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., which published the study.
“The Impacts of the 2007-2009 National Recession on Male Employment in the U.S. through January 2009; The Massive Concentration of Job Losses Among Males Especially Black Men and Blue Collar Workers” tracked employment losses in the recession across gender groups of workers overall, and in the four major ethnicities—Asian, Black, Hispanic and White.
The study found that:
•Males are 80 percent (3.1 million) of all people who have lost their jobs in America;
•Black male employment fell by 6.4 percent (482,000), compared to overall Black employment at almost 3 percent (463,000); and
•The unemployment gap between Black men and women is historically unprecedented with Blacks the only group where the gap favors women.
The Fatherhood Center provides mentoring, life skills, legal assistance, education and counseling classes.
According to Mr. Young, self-help and entrepreneurship is a sure route out of joblessness for Black men. “It's a low cost investment and many times a high reward.
In Newark, we have a thriving market when it comes to folks selling things, especially when stores are going up on their prices.
We just encourage the men who attend our programs to turn their skills when they were out doing negative things into something positive,” he said.
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