Trump just used the phrase "black unemployment"!

[imanamerican63]

he just can't stop himself! It should never be allowed to slight the words the ways he does!

[SummerSnow]

1. what the what?

[Wounded Bear]

2. Context might be useful...

[Blue_Adept]

3. Joint press conference with the Kazakhstan president.

[B2G]

4. Help me out here

What exactly is wrong with that?

[imanamerican63]

5. Unemployment should never be classified with the color of their skin?

Sorry, I hit the post button!

[B2G]

6. Unemployment has always been measured

by numerous demographics. Race is one of them. It's actually an important measurement for a number of reasons. It shows where focus needs to be applied.

Not sure what the issue is here.

[imanamerican63]

7. Well, his tone right now makes it an issue to me.

He should leave the demographics to those who are the experts.

[B2G]

12. I can't address his tone

because I'm not listening to him.

Your OP made it seem like you had an issue with the words and the concept. That's what I was asking about.

[SweetieD]

8. I'm black and don't have a problem with that. We need to know what the black unemployment rate is.

It is almost always double that of whites, and that is accounting for education. An uneducated white man is more likely to be employed at a higher salary than an educated black man. All that matters.

Now does Trump give a damn about any of that. No. But lets not throw the baby out with the bath water.

[Docreed2003]

9. So ...

He’s trying to use “black unemployment” as a means to highlight how “not racist” he is??

[imanamerican63]

11. Yes! You nailed it!

[Initech]

10. But he's not a racist! Did you see The Apprentice?

[JHB]

13. Probably related to his live-Tweeting Fox & Friends this morning

Link to tweet

[NCTraveler]

14. Common phrase for all people interested in employment numbers. nt

[bearsfootball516]

15. There are a lot of racial statements Trump has made that are bad

But this isn't one of them. Black unemployment is a very common term when breaking down various unemployment rates.

[lastlib]

16. Did I hear him correctly, say "Black unemployment is fantastic"?

[Igel]

17. Perhaps.

But it's synecdoche for "black unemployment rate." The claim is it's at historic lows.

https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000006


Oddly, the black unemployment rate was truly huge news a few years ago because it was much larger than the white unemployment rate. So it's not like it's a new thing on the radar.