candy 🍭 (@writeresque.bsky.social)

A new study shows that Black women outpace every other group of women in workforce participation. Yet they are still paid less & retire in poverty at twice the rate of white women. This is a system. It is long past time this country started carrying them the way they have carried us.

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Black women are still working twice as hard for less, new economic report finds Despite leading in education and workforce participation, Black women continue to lag in pay, wealth, and retirement security. https://thegrio.com/2026/04/08/black-women-are-still-working-twice-as-hard-for-less-new-economic-report-finds/