“The low jobless rates of the past several years masked just how precarious the financial picture was, Deguchi said. The reality was that many people, particularly in immigrant communities and communities of color, were balancing multiple low-wage jobs just to get by, and the coronavirus has now toppled that house of cards.”
Read the full article at the link below, featuring Neighborhood House staff members Janice Deguchi, Brianna Kiarie, and Kamaria Al-Harazi.
https://crosscut.com/news/2020/05/unemployment-king-county-hits-communities-color-hardest