Young ethnic minorities bear brunt of recessions, and it's happening again – here's how to stop it
The official unemployment figures that have just been published for the last quarter of 2020 reveal the continued economic impact of COVID-19 on Britain’s ethnic minority groups. Among all groups, Black African/Caribbean people fared worst, with unemployment rates reaching 13.8% in the period from October to December 2020. The White unemployment rate has not reached that level since the early 1990s, and was 4.5% in the same period. As you can see in the charts below, unemployment initially held steady for men and women from White and ethnic minority groups in the first full quarter after t...
Source: theconversation.com