"Elections have consequences-and they are, unfailingly, most profoundly visited upon Black women. Donald Trump's reelection has had the consequence of Black women being pushed out of their workplaces at astonishing rates. Between February and July of last year, Black women lost 319,000 jobs in both the private and public sectors, driven largely by mass layoffs in education, healthcare, and housing. During that same period, white women gained 142,000 jobs, Hispanic women 176,000 jobs, and white men-wait for it!-picked up 365,000 jobs."
"In February, Black women's unemployment rate stood at 5.4 percent, but that figure had soared to 6.7 percent by August. In September, the most recent snapshot available because of the shutdown, yet another 0.8 percent of Black women lost their jobs-while just 0.2 percent of white women suffered the same fate that month. All in all, according to the gender economist Katica Roy, roughly 600,000 Black women have been "economically sidelined" since February-which was, not coincidentally, this president's first full month in office."
Black women suffered concentrated job losses after February, losing 319,000 jobs between February and July due largely to mass layoffs in education, healthcare, and housing. White women, Hispanic women, and white men gained 142,000, 176,000, and 365,000 jobs respectively during that period. Black women's unemployment rose from 5.4 percent in February to 6.7 percent by August, with an additional 0.8 percentage-point decline in September versus 0.2 for white women. Roughly 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. Nearly 70 percent of Black mothers are household breadwinners yet earn just 34, 44, or 52 cents for every dollar paid to Asian, white, or Black breadwinner dads respectively.
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