http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/24486694/new-study-finds-92-percent-of-african-american-male-teens-are-unemployed#ixzz2ruQ5Ofd6
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
Startling new figures about the state of our economy have recently come out.
Ninety-two percent of African American male teenagers in Chicago don't have a job.
A trend that continues to head in the wrong direction, for white and Hispanic teens, too.
The jobs catastrophe here is far worse than the national average.
These shocking numbers released by the Chicago Urban League are one more grim result of Illinois having 600,000 fewer jobs today than we did in the year 2000. Work that teens traditionally did, from delivering newspapers to flipping burgers, is now done by adults desperate for any income.
Read more: http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/24486694/new-study-finds-92-percent-of-african-american-male-teens-are-unemployed#ixzz2rwWJrOgC
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
Startling new figures about the state of our economy have recently come out.
Ninety-two percent of African American male teenagers in Chicago don't have a job.
A trend that continues to head in the wrong direction, for white and Hispanic teens, too.
The jobs catastrophe here is far worse than the national average.
These shocking numbers released by the Chicago Urban League are one more grim result of Illinois having 600,000 fewer jobs today than we did in the year 2000. Work that teens traditionally did, from delivering newspapers to flipping burgers, is now done by adults desperate for any income.
Read more: http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/24486694/new-study-finds-92-percent-of-african-american-male-teens-are-unemployed#ixzz2rwWJrOgC