Buncombe County’s unemployment rate stands at just over 4% . But the same rate for the county’s African-American community is several times higher. Efforts to bring that down have been slow moving. African-American unemployment in Buncombe County can run even higher in certain neighborhoods. Like Asheville’s Southside community. “Unemployment is 48%”, says J. Hackett, the executive director of Green Opportunities , a job training center based in the Southside neighborhood. Hackett explains why