'If recessions in the past are prelude, then women, people of color and an intersection of the two groups—Black women—will inevitably be overrepresented among the current glut of jobless Americans.' COVID19
—the most ever recorded and well over 5 million more than what had been the weekly average since record keeping began.
The coronavirus challenge to the U.S. economy also presents an opportunity for the private, for-profit sector to acknowledge and take steps to address pay disparities along gender and racial lines among its workers, especially those it compensates the least—Black women. women, because, as Janelle Jones of the Groundwork Collaborative in Washington D.C. puts it: “If we measure success by what happens to Black women, I am CERTAIN that will be best for all workers.
Of course, there are other reasons why Black women, on average, earn less than white men. Black women tend to be more crowded in lower-wage occupations than white men. And though it has narrowed over time, whites still complete college at a higher rate than African Americans.
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