High-Unemployment Rate in Detroit, Flint, Research Proposal

"The Detroit, Michigan drop-out rate among black males is 50%, the Detroit unemployment rate among black males is 50%" (Kill 145). This demonstrates that education is very important when considering unemployment rates and that the auto industry is, to a certain degree, not the only institution responsible for the critical conditions currently faced by individuals in Michigan.

Although it is difficult to determine what other factors are responsible for the high unemployment rates in Michigan in the recent years, it is only safe to assume that the fact that the collapse of the automotive industry in the state is one of the principal causes for the crisis. What is curious about this is that other states that have automotive industries have experienced lesser problems as a result of the fact that American car sales have gone down. Michigan "is still by far the leading state in terms of auto industry employment, but experienced a decline of at least 125,000 employees between 1979 and 2003 in automotive-related industries" (Cooney & Yacobucci 54).

Michigan started to provide lesser and lesser jobs in the automotive industry long before the economic crisis. Taking this into account, it appears that the decline in American car sales and the economic crisis are not the only factors responsible for the fact that unemployment rates have gone up significantly throughout the state.Detroit stands alongside of the three automotive American giants as they are all struggling to survive in a hostile environment. When considering that the city experience a downward trend during the recent years, it appears that it is never going to recover from the critical condition that it currently finds itself in.

Even with the fact that the automotive industry is largely responsible for the fact that unemployment rates are unusually high in the state of Michigan, there are also other factors that contributed to the state's economic crisis. It appears that the only solution would be for unemployed people to move to wealthier areas where jobs are available in larger numbers.

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