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5.2% of all businesses are black owned, but, again, we've only received about 1.1% of businesses. and, again, i do think that we have to have a lot of -- in terms of making sure our businesses are in a better position to be able to create them and receive the stimulus money. do we have the networks and relationships and the bonding capacity so we can start receiving the funding and operate effectively. >> always great that you guys can get down to brass tacks and find a solutions. great to have you with us, ryan mack, and alfred edmond with blackenterprise.com. great to see you guys, again. we...

People and the responsibility that ryan talks about, the ability to get the training that ryan talks about? where -- how does it all connect? >> well, again, it goes back to execution on the ground. government can do short-term, booter shot-type of things by creating federal job programs. but the bottom line is sustained job creation you need a healthy, robust, local and national economy. black enterprise convened the largest gathering of black entrepreneurs in country in may in the black enterprise entrepreneurs conference, and the goal there is pull together the private sector and partner wi...

Continued ban for federal funds for abortion. that was part of a deal that helped anti-abortion democrats sign on to the health care overhaul. each year the national urban league released the state of black america report, which takes a detailed look at the issues facing african-americans. this year the focus is on jobs and the lack of them. take a look at the unemployment numbers by race for last month. we are always a month behind when it comes to unemployment numbers. the national average is 9.7%, that's down from the high. but for blacks the rate of unemployment is 15.8%, for hispanics it'...

All right. we're talking about the state of black america report with ryan mack, the president of optimum capital management, alfred edmond from blackenterprise.com. and, guys, while this is interesting to everybody in the country, because we all want to know about how to deal with these challenges, the challenge for african-americans is so great that perhaps the solution for african-americans can be used elsewhere. the national urban league is suggesting a two-year job creation plan, $168 billion spent over 2 years, and the creation of 3 million jobs. alfred was just touching on how some of t...

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