surrounding the pandemic and the immense challenges facing americans and that topic plays into this next segment as well. the national urban league is out with its 2021 state of black america report. the data shows higher rates of unemployment, lower household incomes, and the crushing burden of housing costs left black americans uniquely vulnerable to covid-19 s economic fallout. joining us now, president and ceo of the national urban league mark morale. also with us host of msnbc politics nation and president of the national action network reverend al sharpton and professor of the lyndon b johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas, victoria de-francisco soto. i want to start with the lead lines out of this report, mark. especially pertaining to covid. the housing crisis really
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it could be strong now and it could hit rocky roads. i m not about throwing out credit. i m about telling the complete story. they are focusing on what we need to do to make the economy of america cities stronger. this state of black america report is quite comp can hencive. there is a new feature which stresses the disparities when it comes to technology. here s one example. 89.3% of black households have computers. fewer than 5 percent of the digital workforce is black. is there a sense a to why african-americans appear to be big time, excelling as consumers but not the beneficiaries. they re not working there. yeah. this is really, alex, the pair dock of this report. not only that, african-americans are more likely to own a smartphone than virtually any other ethnic group, with the exception of asian-americans. african-americans are highly