Biden adviser: Recovery has been "more equitable" for Black Americans than before

• Some 63% of all Black people in the U.S. were either looking for a job or employed during the month, which spurred a broader increase in labor force participation among the total population. Meanwhile, the Black unemployment rate fell to 6.2%.

The other side: Rouse said while the recovery "has been more robust for African-Americans," there are still areas for improvements "so that the economic growth we have can be more widely shared. And we can we can even reduce even further the gaps that existed even before the pandemic started."

Rouse pointed to a 12% difference in small business ownership between Black and white people. "By at least one estimate, if we could close that gap, we would actually narrow the Black-white wealth gap up substantially as well," she said.

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