Wildcat Will Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Lord, grant me the confidence of a mediocre white man.” It is a phrase that many women have muttered to themselves in the midst of a bout of imposter syndrome, when some sense of self-doubt creeps in and we wonder, how do white men have the audacity? Where do they get the sheer nerve? Sarah Hage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 The bigger question for this board is "Why is Willie such a total imbecile and who lets him near a keyboard?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Will Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, concha said: The bigger question for this board is "Why is Willie such a total imbecile and who lets him near a keyboard?" As an adult, you should know truth. History has shown us that, in times where this country takes steps towards the social and political progress that was mentioned, moving outside of this white male supremacy design, we then take five steps back. For example, we saw this after the Civil War during reconstruction. We saw it in the ’70s and ’80s after the Civil Rights Movement. We saw it with Trump after Obama. What is your take on why this happens? Why do we revert back to the status quo? Is it—and I hate to say this, but for lack of a better word—a comfort level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Under Trump, black unemployment reached record lows, black real income grew at a faster pace than for whites, HBCUs were funded at record levels, the First Step Act was signed into law... Willie really knows his shit. 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeBird Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, concha said: The bigger question for this board is "Why is Willie such a total imbecile and who lets him near a keyboard?" It’s not worth it, just look at him, absolute disaster, all over the place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Will Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 49 minutes ago, concha said: Under Trump, black unemployment reached record lows, black real income grew at a faster pace than for whites, HBCUs were funded at record levels, the First Step Act was signed into law... Willie really knows his shit. 😂 Working Economics Blog Posted February 1, 2019 at 10:01 am by Valerie Wilson Before the State of the Union, a fact check on black unemployment The historically low black unemployment rate has become one of Donald Trump’s favorite statistical claims, one he is likely to tout again at the upcoming State of the Union address. The fallacy of touting this as a genuine accomplishment of the Trump administration rather than fortuitous timing has been noted by me and others on multiple occasions. Still, at the start of Black History Month, it’s useful to provide some facts about the African American labor force that you will probably not hear during the presidential address to Congress. To begin with, it is true that the 2018 black unemployment rate was the lowest it has been since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began reporting it in 1972. But little, if any, credit for that belongs to the Trump administration. As the graph below clearly shows, the black unemployment rate had been steadily falling since 2011, well before Trump was sworn into office, and the rate of decline has not gained momentum since. Arguably, the decline of the black unemployment rate to its current level has more to do with the Fed’s decision to keep interest rates at or near zero for an extended period of time—decisions led by the two previous Federal Reserve chairpersons. FIGURE A Unemployment rate of workers age 16 and older by race, 1995–2018 Year White Black 1994 4.84% 11.54% 1995 4.46% 10.53% 1996 4.22% 10.59% 1997 3.82% 10.13% 1998 3.45% 8.95% 1999 3.30% 7.98% 2000 3.14% 7.59% 2001 3.79% 8.65% 2002 4.73% 10.23% 2003 4.85% 10.77% 2004 4.49% 10.39% 2005 4.11% 10.03% 2006 3.84% 8.97% 2007 3.85% 8.29% 2008 4.75% 10.11% 2009 7.80% 14.79% 2010 8.01% 15.92% 2011 7.25% 15.84% 2012 6.58% 13.95% 2013 5.99% 13.16% 2014 4.88% 11.51% 2015 4.16% 9.66% 2016 3.96% 8.50% 2017 3.53% 7.57% 2018 3.19% 6.57% ChartData Source: EPI analysis of BLS Current Population Survey microdata However, even at an annual rate of 6.6 percent, the black unemployment rate was still more than double the white unemployment rate of 3.2 percent in 2018. In fact, the graph also shows that the last time the white unemployment rate was 6.6 percent was six years earlier in 2012, when the black unemployment rate was 14 percent. If you’re starting to see a pattern emerge, then the shortsightedness of Trump’s boasting about the black unemployment rate should also be apparent. The black unemployment rate has been about double the white unemployment rate for more than four decades, making this relationship more historically significant than any single unemployment rate. And, it is the durability of this gap that allows blind celebration of an unemployment rate that is higher than that of any other race or ethnicity reported by BLS, when the more appropriate response would be to focus on solutions for closing the gap. Even so, the significance of 6.6 percent as a “historic low” deserves a closer look. Prior to the current period of economic expansion, the black unemployment rate had not been anywhere near this low in almost 20 years. The average black unemployment rate in 2000 was 7.6 percent, but a lot has changed since then, as the workforce has become older and more highly educated. In a previous post, my colleague Elise Gould and I showed that although the black unemployment rate in July 2017 was just above its monthly low from April 2000, the strength of the labor market during those two points in time was actually quite different. Given that the black unemployment rate has continued to fall since then, an update of that analysis is warranted. Let’s begin with muting any effect the aging of the workforce might have on the unemployment rate. The prime age (25–54 years old) employment-population ratios (EPOPs) can be used to roughly factor out any structural changes resulting from the growing share of retirees. Comparing 2000 to 2018, we find that 77.3 percent of black prime age adults were employed in 2000, while 75.8 percent were employed in 2018. Even at the lower unemployment rate in 2018, a smaller share of prime age adults—the group with the strongest attachment to the labor force—were working. This was true for whites as well. FIGURE B Employment-to-population ratio of workers age 25–54 by race, 1995–2018 Year White Black 1994 81.91% 71.58% 1995 82.26% 72.72% 1996 82.71% 73.36% 1997 83.17% 74.55% 1998 83.22% 75.72% 1999 83.47% 77.33% 2000 83.35% 76.88% 2001 82.53% 75.68% 2002 81.46% 73.87% 2003 81.15% 73.46% 2004 81.14% 72.94% 2005 81.51% 73.76% 2006 81.83% 74.26% 2007 81.83% 74.95% 2008 81.14% 73.82% 2009 78.32% 68.84% 2010 77.58% 67.84% 2011 77.86% 66.81% 2012 78.31% 68.77% 2013 78.42% 69.16% 2014 79.08% 70.68% 2015 79.65% 71.99% 2016 80.29% 73.16% 2017 80.78% 74.49% 2018 81.41% 75.76% 77.3%75.8%83.5%81.4%BlackWhite200020106570758085% ChartData Source: EPI analysis of BLS Current Population Survey microdata Since 2000, the share of college-educated workers has also grown. The share of African Americans with a bachelor’s degree or higher grew from 14 percent in 2000 to 22.8 percent in 2018, an increase of 63 percent. Since unemployment rates tend to be lower for workers with higher levels of education, the lower 2018 unemployment rate reflects not only improvements in the economy, but also the fact that black workers today are more educated than ever before. In the graph below, you can see how higher levels of education correlate with lower unemployment rates, but significant racial disparities in unemployment are present at every level. This graph also shows how the 2018 unemployment rates within most educational categories are no better (and in some cases worse) than their respective comparison groups in 2000. This is another indication that even at a lower unemployment rate in 2018 than in 2000, the labor market is not providing significantly better employment outcomes relative to those available in 2000. FIGURE C Unemployment rate by race and education, 2000 and 2019 When the American people watch the State of the Union address, with all of its grand proclamations and pageantry, we should keep this unfortunate truth in mind. The annual black unemployment rate has only been in the single digits 10 of the last 47 years that BLS has reported it. In the last 65 years that BLS has reported the white unemployment rate, it has always been below 10 percent. A 6.6 percent black unemployment rate is definitely noteworthy, but credit belongs to those whose leadership over the past eight years steadily brought it down from 16 percent. The Trump administration should be judged by what they do to keep the rate down, and to close the persistent 2-to-1 racial disparity. That would be a truly historic accomplishment worthy of everyone attending the State of the Union rising to their feet in thunderous applause. Working Ec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Will Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, FreeBird said: It’s not worth it, just look at him, absolute disaster, all over the place Hate the pushback? Get used to it. It's 2022. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Will Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, concha said: Under Trump, black unemployment reached record lows, black real income grew at a faster pace than for whites, HBCUs were funded at record levels, the First Step Act was signed into law... Willie really knows his shit. 😂 President Donald Trump’s signing of the FUTURE Act in 2019 made a significant allocation of federal funding for HBCUs permanent beyond 2019. It’s not clear how involved Trump was before the legislation hit his desk for a signature. HBCUs received funding under the same program during President Barack Obama’s time in the White House. It’s a stretch to say Trump “saved” them. Two experts calculated the total federal funding provided to HBCUs for PolitiFact. Those numbers show little change between the Obama years and the first year under Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeBird Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Wildcat Will said: Hate the pushback? Get used to it. It's 2022. U choose to live in the reality u currently live in, that’s not healthy dude ur alive u live in America and not some shack in some slum, u ungrateful pos, go outside and enjoy life, this is no good for ur mental health Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Will Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Just now, FreeBird said: U choose to live in the reality u currently live in, that’s not healthy dude ur alive u live in America and not some shack in some slum, u ungrateful pos, go outside and enjoy life, this is no good for ur mental health Jersey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Second Suspect Arrested in Brutal Beating of GOP Canvasser for Marco Rubio – Kicked Him in the Head then Sicced His German Shepherds on Him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wildcat Will Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, concha said: Second Suspect Arrested in Brutal Beating of GOP Canvasser for Marco Rubio – Kicked Him in the Head then Sicced His German Shepherds on Him With an estimated 40 percent of the student body at the all-black Parker High School skipping class to protest and the Birmingham City Jail filled beyond capacity, Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor ordered the use of fire hoses and police dogs on the protestors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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