Even now, seven years after the global financial crisis triggered the Great Recession, “official” unemployment among African-Americans is more than 9%. According to a broader (and more appropriate) definition, which includes part-time employees seeking full-time jobs and marginally employed workers, the unemployment rate for the United States as a whole is 10.3%.
即使在现在，引发大衰退的全球金融危机已经过去了七年，非洲裔美国人的“官方”失业率仍高于9%。根据更加广义（也更加合适）的定义，即将寻找全职工作的兼职员工临时工也包括进来，那么美国的整体失业率为10.3%。但是，对非洲裔美国人——特别是年轻人——这一比例要高得多。比如，对17—20岁高中毕业但没有进入大学的非洲裔美国人来说，失业率超过了50%。“就业缺口”——当前就业量和应有就业量之差——高达三百万。