As you know, industries raised wages most on Blacks and other low-income workers.
Election 2020: A vote for Trump is a vote for economic progress for African Americans
Before the pandemic, African Americans were thriving economically. Looking ahead, Trump's promises are ambitious, but his track record is impressive.
Patrice Onwuka
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Before the coronavirus, the labor force participation
rates of Blacks,
prime-age workers 25 to 54, and
women ticked up from Obama-era lows. Even years into the Obama economic recovery, these workers were still leaving the labor force.
High employment under Trump led to minorities experiencing the largest income gains. Real median income grew by
7.9% for Blacks in 2019. That outpaced 2018’s income growth of 2.6% and 2017’s income decline of -2.4%. Notably, Black median income growth last year surpassed income growth rates under the Obama administration. There’s still more work to do though. Although Black median income hit a new high, Blacks earned the lowest income level of all groups (just over $45,000 a year).
Before the pandemic, African Americans were thriving economically. Looking ahead, Trump's promises are ambitious, but his track record is impressive.
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