United Nations to Investigate Black Unemployment in the U.S.

The persistently high unemployment rate among African-Americans has prompted the United Nations to consider investigating whether the situation is a violation of human rights.

• African-American unemployment is at 16.5 percent, nearly twice the national average of 9.7 percent.

• The unemployment rate for African Americans with a college degree is nearly twice that of their white counterparts -- 8.4 percent versus 4.4 percent.

• According to a Gallup poll, 27 percent of African-Americans report that they've experienced workplace discrimination -- a trend far too high to be considered coincidental.

QUESTIONS:

• What would you do to help with the unemployment crisis in the African-American community?
• Did you think the economic climate would be better by now than it is? Would you vote for Obama again in 2012?
• Do you feel your company takes workplace discrimination seriously?