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economist, and it s great to have you with us today, dr. wilson. thank you jenna, glad to be here. gen jen what part of your research was so striking, you say if we tackle african-american unemployment, that we would actually bring the national unemployment rate down. tell us more about that. well, african-american workers currently make up about 12 percent of the american work force. unfortunately, african-american unemployment as you mentioned is nearly 17 percent, and that unemployment rate has actually grown over the course of the recovery as opposed to stagnating or even declining as we ve seen with some other groups. jenna: why is that, by the way? pardon for interrupting but why have you seen it grow instead of shrink with some of the efforts like the stimulus plan, for example? well, i think there are a number of factors that have played a role in that. first of all, african-americans, you have the highest rate of unemployment at 46 1/2%, but another troubling trend we ve

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