Crowner’s experience is part of a largely untold story unfolding as trump dismantles civil rights & inclusion programs. Many black women who spent decades in government service are seeing their careers shattered in a sudden purge.#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory http://www.propublica.org/article/trum…
— (@tmel1219.bsky.social) 2025-06-08T20:13:22.684Z
The Trump administration's purge of the federal workforce and its push to eliminate DEI efforts may be contributing to the growing jobless rate for Black women.
— Axios (@axios.com) 2025-06-09T15:14:38.681Z
More Than 106,000 Black Women Lost Jobs Last Month
"… his administration has elevated candidates with scant qualifications to positions of power across the federal bureaucracy. (Many of them have very active disqualifications.) And Trump has fired women and Black officers from senior positions, including in the military,slate.com/news-and-pol…
— Uppity Black Woman (@uppityblackwoman.bsky.social) 2025-03-17T22:31:05.233Z
In early May, Trump fired Carla Hayden, the first Black woman to run the Library of Congress, part of a pattern of purging women and Black people from leadership positions.
— John Hatchard (@johnhatchard.bsky.social) 2025-05-27T22:50:39.393Z
Let’s talk about Carla Hayden and America’s discomfort with Black women in positions of authority
"The ouster of Hayden is part of a broader pattern of political targeting of women and Black public servants across the federal government," wrote Nelson, who is Black.Blistering resignation letter urges direct action against Trump: 'Answer lies in refusal' http://www.rawstory.com/trump-deferr…
— Lady Stone 🏳️🌈 Childless Cat Lady before it was cool (@stone-coat.bsky.social) 2025-05-14T00:30:43.216Z
“And it is false that the Library, which is intended to hold all books published in the United States, lends books to children. The ouster of Hayden is part of a broader pattern of political targeting of women and Black public servants across the federal government. “ time.com/7285045/resi…
— Bean (@beanunity.bsky.social) 2025-05-13T13:24:32.805Z
300,000 Black women have left the labor force in 3 months. It’s not a coincidence.
Black women are being pushed out of the workforce en masse
Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents. It’s unconscionable.www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u…
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) 2025-08-31T16:23:54.176Z
The rising Black women's unemployment rate is no accident.It's a result of Trump’s fiscally irresponsible anti-DEI policy & attack on federal workers—& it's hurting our economy.The Fed must respond by upholding its mandate of maximum employment & ensure our economy works for all.
— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@pressley.house.gov) 2025-09-09T17:45:04.594Z
Sad! 