PRESS ADVISORY
Greetings,
We hear that the economy is beginning to recover - but for whom?
The December 2009 unemployment rates for African Americans and Latinos
were higher than any annual rate for the past 27 years. Black
unemployment is now 16.2% and Latino unemployment is at 12.9%, while
white unemployment just fell for the second month in a row.
Last month President Obama rebuked the Congressional Black Caucus
(CBC) for demanding that some of the stimulus money be targeted to the
poorest communities of color; he said recovery efforts must help "all
Americans." But our new State of the Dream report, shows that
untargeted stimulus spending mostly reaches white people. African Americans and Latinos are continuing to disproportionately experience economic hardships.
State
of the Dream 2010 - Drained: Jobless and Foreclosed in Communities of
Color, contains data and analysis about the current racial divide in
terms of unemployment, median income, poverty, net worth, and rate of
foreclosures.
Co-authors of the report are now available for interview, background or comment. They are:
- Ajamu Dillahunt, Board Member of UFE and Outreach Coordinator at the N.C. Justice Center in Raleigh.
- Brian Miller, Executive Director of UFE.
- Mike Prokosch, Board Member of UFE and Organizer at Community Labor United.
- Jeannette Huezo, Education Coordinator at UFE.
- Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Organizer and Research Associate, Institute for Policy Studies.
The report will be available to the general public on Wednesday, January 13, at 8:00 AM from www.FairEconomy.org/dream
In the meantime, you may download a Fact Sheet with key findings under embargo at: www.FairEconomy.org/EMBARGO
To schedule interviews, or for more information please contact me, Mazher Ali, at [email protected] or 617-423-2148 x101.
Sincerely,
Mazher Ali
Communications Coordinator
United for a Fair Economy
617-423-2148 ext 101
Be the first to comment
Sign in with