Hollow boom: why black Americans feel left out of US’s robust economy

Unemployment rate tells a different story about the economy when race is considered, even when job numbers are strong

"What I've done for African Americans in two and a half years, no president has been able to do anything like it," Donald Trump boasted in August, the latest in a series of statements in which he has claimed to be the best president for black Americans in history.

Bahiyyah Dixon, 36, of Newark, New Jersey, isn't feeling it. Even during a period of historic economic growth, the numbers are stacked most heavily against black Americans, like Dixon.