How Anti-DEI Policies Are Hurting Black Workers

When the government shutdown came to an end last month, the much-delayed jobs report for September was finally released, revealing that the unemployment rate had inched up to 4.4 percent—the highest it had been in four years. Amid a tough job market and economic uncertainty, it’s little surprise that unemployment is on the rise again. In the latest jobs dispatch that was published today, unemployment had ticked up to 4.6 percent for the month of November. 

But it is a specific segment of the workforce that is most acutely feeling the effects of this spike in unemployment: For Black workers, the rate has stretched to 8.3 percent, up from 6 percent, in just the last six months. The rate among white workers, by comparison, has remained relatively steady, hovering just over 3 percent.

Why Black Unemployment Is Rising

There are many reasons for this particular increase in unemployment. But experts say the dizzying pace of the Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion has notably contributed to the rising unemployment rate among Black workers—and, more specifically, Black women, though the new jobs report for November indicates that unemployment among Black men has also increased.

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