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bricolage
11th March 2012, 15:24
More than half of young black men available for work in Britain are now unemployed, according to unpublished government statistics obtained by the Guardian which show the recession is hitting young black people disproportionately hard.

The new figures, which do not include students, also reveal that the youth unemployment rate for black people has increased at almost twice the rate for white 16- to 24-year-olds since the start of the recession in 2008. Young black men are the worst affected of all, according to a gender breakdown contained within the data supplied by the Office for National Statistics.

Unemployment among young black men has doubled in three years, rising from 28.8% in 2008 to 55.9% in the last three months of 2011.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/mar/09/half-uk-young-black-men-unemployed
l'Enfermé
11th March 2012, 15:48
And the number is going to rise even more. To put it in vulgar terms: Britain is in deep shit.
daft punk
12th March 2012, 10:41
Oh shit, I was just gonna start looking for a job.
milkmiku
13th March 2012, 03:18
Well, I hate to say it, but too many immigrates are entering the UK and jobs are not being created for them. At least China is ready for mass immigration.
NewLeft
13th March 2012, 03:23
Well, I hate to say it, but too many immigrates are entering the UK and jobs are not being created for them. At least China is ready for mass immigration.
Nah, the capitalist class chose not to create jobs.
milkmiku
13th March 2012, 03:30
Nah, the capitalist class chose not to create jobs.

I highly doubt the capitalist would not jump at the opportunity to shackle more wage slaves to their banking system....
NewLeft
13th March 2012, 04:06
I highly doubt the capitalist would not jump at the opportunity to shackle more wage slaves to their banking system....
Why not? Unemployment is a great tool to drive up 'productivity,' the fancy word for exploitation/surplus being extracted.
bricolage
13th March 2012, 10:09
Well, I hate to say it, but too many immigrates are entering the UK and jobs are not being created for them. At least China is ready for mass immigration.
most black people in the UK aren't immigrants.
l'Enfermé
13th March 2012, 10:32
Capitalists are not capable of creating jobs, that's not how jobs are created.
NewLeft
13th March 2012, 19:04
Capitalists are not capable of creating jobs, that's not how jobs are created.
So the capitalists only accumulate capital and own the machinery..etc. The drive for capital creates jobs? :confused: