The economy is improving: Nationally, unemployment is about 5 percent<span>, down from </span>10 percent<span> in 2009. But for black Americans, the unemployment rate is much higher—for them, the economy is still a disaster. Unemployment among blacks was 9.5 percent during the </span>third quarter of 2015<span> compared to only 4.5 percent for whites. While the discrepancy in unemployment has been volatile, the current gap is actually </span>slightly larger<span> than the one that existed 15 years ago or in the years directly preceding the recession.</span>
This question is based off of the great depression which the person failed to point out. So the answer would be a lot higher than today's unemployment figures.
