If you want to understand how the DEI backlash is impacting workers, look no further than the Black unemployment rate. When the government shutdown came to an end last month, the much-delayed jobs report for September was finally released, revealing that the unemployment rate had inched up to 4.4%—the highest it had been in four years. Amid a tough job market and economic uncertainty, it’s little surprise that unemployment is on the rise again: In the latest jobs dispatch that was published today, unemployment had ticked up to 4.6% for the month of November.