evidence: Minority Workers See Highest Levels Of Unemployment From COVID-19 Crisis [...] We already know that a pandemic brought the highest unemployment rate in our country since the Great Depression. Later this morning, we will see if it has gotten even worse. Forecasters say new numbers could show unemployment reached near 20% last month. We also know the reality behind these numbers. It's the fact that the unemployment picture is even more dire for African Americans and Latinos. And we're going to talk more about that in a moment. [...] GREENE: Can I focus on African Americans for a moment, though? I mean, you mentioned some of those, like, jobs in health care were shut down. But African Americans are also more likely to hold essential frontline jobs. And those jobs have kept going, which makes me wonder - there's this reality. Even if you are able to keep your job if you're African American, there's a good chance that you are doing a job that puts you at more risk of getting a virus.