“In COVID-19 crisis, “only 20% of African Americans had jobs where they could work from home.”
Desiree Rogers
CEO of Black Opal Beauty. In an interview on CNN.. Claim dated 10 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
The latest government survey says 19.7% of African American could work from home.
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In short
Desiree Rogers (CEO of Black Opal Beauty) made this claim around 10 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 June 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2006/10/fmjc.01.html
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