Disparities highlight the importance of policymakers maintaining robust, expanded unemployment insurance assistance until the economy has recovered.

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Black and Hispanic unemployment rates are consistently higher than white rates, gaps that widen quickly in recessions and narrow much more slowly ([link removed]) after an economic recovery begins.

Racial and ethnic disparities in employment outcomes ([link removed]) are rooted in the United States’ history of structural racism, which curtails employment opportunities through many policies and practices such as unequal school funding, mass incarceration, and hiring discrimination ([link removed]) .

These patterns highlight the importance ([link removed]) of policymakers maintaining robust, expanded unemployment insurance assistance until the economy has recovered substantially from the current recession.

Doing so would relieve hardship that falls disproportionately on workers of color, reduce racial and ethnic disparities in unemployment ([link removed]) and other labor market outcomes, and speed the economic recovery.

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Policymakers must not turn off measures enacted to combat hardship while workers of color and their families face high unemployment and difficulties meeting basic needs ([link removed]) .
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