Nation's Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.8%
Unemployment for black and Hispanic workers continued to climb. The jobless rate for blacks rose to 10.2 percent in December, twice the rate for whites. Maya Rockeymoore, a labor expert at the National Urban League, said that more blacks worked in the service industries that suffered after the terrorist attacks, especially hospitality and entertainment. "The unfortunate incidents of Sept. 11 actually had disproportionately negative impact on African- Americans," she said.
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