BLACK AMERICA’S UNEMPLOYMENT SNAPSHOT Unemployment Under 30

Did you attend college?
No.

Do you think that formal education would help you now?
Yes.

What type of experience do you have?
Sales, security, homebuilding, maintenance.

How do you go about looking for a job?
I go online and go to job sites. I go to different jobs.

Are you a member of any social networking site? 
No.

What is the worst scenario that you have faced since you’ve been unemployed?
Trying to pay the bills, most of them, and having trouble trying to support my daughter, Aliyah, 6.

Have you lost anything?
Lost my car. It got [repossessed].

How has this affected your relationships with family and friends?
Friends kind of distance themselves a little bit. It stings a little. Hasn’t affected my relationship with my family.

How do you entertain yourself differently now?

I rap also. I do performances to get money to pay my bills. [My rap
name is] KP Madhouse. I’ve been rapping since I was 12. I go to
different states and stuff to do performances.