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Labor/Employment,
Civil Rights

Mar. 12, 2026

Misogynoir: The real reason 300,000 Black women lost their jobs

It's not the anti-DEI movement--it's misogynoir: How misogynoir manifests in the workplace and creates systemic barriers.

Latrice Burks-Palmerio

Associate
JLG Lawyers

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Misogynoir: The real reason 300,000 Black women lost their jobs
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CBS, ABC News and other mainstream outlets finally noticed something we've been screaming about: more than 300,000 Black women left the workforce between February and April of 2025. The unemployment rate for Black women jumped to 6.7%, and economists are calling it a "warning sign."

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