How Hispanics, Blacks Have Fared in Obama Economy

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Heritage Foundation:

President Barack Obama will be speaking this week for the last time during his presidency to annual dinners for black and Hispanic members of Congress, even as his record for the two largest minority groups in the country is at best questionable, based on government numbers.

 

A Census Bureau report this week found wages have climbed back to pre-recession levels in 2015, including for blacks and Hispanics. However, throughout Obama’s two terms, the highest unemployment rates continue to be among African-Americans and Hispanics, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

The president’s policies haven’t helped either group, said Horace Cooper, co-chairman of Project 21, a black conservative group.

 

“The black community has suffered tremendously under the president’s policies,” Cooper told The Daily Signal in a phone interview.