Study shows Black and Latino workers more likely to lose jobs during second wave of layoffs
Since returning to their jobs, 32% of Latino workers and 31% of Black workers have been laid off again, compared to 25% of white workers, in a study administered by Cornell University, the US Private Sector Job Quality Index, and RIWI. Further, 28% of Latino workers and 29% of Black workers have been told they could be laid off again, compared to 23% of white workers. The study backs up previous data that the pandemic has worsened racial inequality. The gap between white unemployment and Black unemployment reached its widest during July.
See "Study shows Black and Latino workers more likely to lose jobs during second wave of layoffs", Carmen Reinicke, Business Insider, August 12, 2020