Wow, just wow.
Check out the unemployment rates by age, sex and race as of Nov 2010. This is not a good time to be a black youth between the ages of 16-19. If you are, you are facing an unemployment rate of 48.4%.
Here are a couple highlights:
White male over 20: 8.6%
White female over 20: 7.2%
White youth between 16-19: 20.8%
Black male over 20: 15.7%
Black female over 20: 13%
Black youth between 16-19: 45.8%
Asian – All: 7.6%
Definitely worth a look.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t02.htm#cps_empsit_a02.f.1