Robert Johnson, the founder of BET and the nation’s first Black billionaire, gave Trump supporters something to crow about after he incorrectly credited the president for improving the job outlook for African Americans.
“When you look at African American unemployment, in over 50 years since the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been keeping the numbers, you’ve never had two things: African American unemployment this low and the spread between unemployment among whites and African Americans narrowing,” Johnson said Friday on CNBC’s Squawk Box.
That comment pleased President Donald Trump. Watching a Black man of Johnson’s influence praise Trump also warmed the hearts of right-wing conservative media. Outlets like Breitbart joyfully shared the Johnson’s remarks.
The BET founder, however, failed to note that the Black unemployment rate had declined steadily during President Barack Obama’s presidency. Indeed, economists have credited Obama’s financial recovery initiative from the historic recession for the declining unemployment.
In 2010 during the recession, the Black unemployment rate hit 16.8 percent, but it has continued to decrease falling to 7.8 percent when Trump took office. Johnson cited the December jobs report showing that unemployment among Black workers was at its lowest since the Labor Department began tracking the data in 1972. It fell to 6.9 percent, but it remains nearly double the white unemployment rate of 3.6 percent.
Johnson met with Trump in the weeks after the 2016 election when he was parading high-profile individuals under consideration for cabinet posts in front the media at his golf club in New Jersey. After that meeting, he urged African Americans to have an open mind about Trump.
Below is a FULL list of all the winners from the 47th NAACP IMAGE AWARDS. Last year was a great year full of creativity and originality. Take a look below…
Entertainer of the Year:
Michael B. Jordan
FILM
Entertainer of the Year:
Michael B. Jordan
FILM
Outstanding Motion Picture:
Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture:
Michael B. Jordan, Creed
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture:
Sanaa Lathan, The Perfect Guy
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture:
O’Shea Jackson, Jr., Straight Outta Compton
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture:
Phylicia Rashad, Creed
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture:
Beasts of No Nation
Outstanding Documentary (Film):
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film):
Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington, Creed
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film):
Ryan Coogler, Creed
TELEVISION
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series:
Terrence Howard, Empire
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series:
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series:
Anthony Anderson, Black-Ish
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-Ish
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Mike Epps, Survivor’s Remorse
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:
Marsai Martin, Black-Ish
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Joe Morton, Scandal
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Regina King, American Crime
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special:
Queen Latifah –Bessie
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special:
David Alan Grier, The Wiz Live!
Outstanding Comedy Series:
Black-Ish (ABC)
Outstanding Drama Series:
Empire (FOX)
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special:
The Wiz Live! (NBC)
Outstanding News/ Information – (Series or Special):
Unsung (TV One)
Outstanding Documentary (Television)
Muhammad Ali: The Peoples Champ(BET)
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Kenya M. Barris, Black-Ish – “The Word”
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series:
Mara Brack Ali, Jameal Turner, Keli Goff, Being Mary Jane “Sparrow”
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television):
Lawrence Hill, Clement Virgo, The Book of Negroes
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series:
Don Cheadle, House of Lies, “The Urge to Save Humanity is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule”
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series:
John Ridley, American Crime
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television):
Dee Rees, Bessie
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film):
Outstandin
Outstanding Writing
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