Mission accomplished: Trump wins another battle in his War on Black Women

 

Top headline:  Congressional Research Institute, 9/9/2025

Bottom headline:  New York Times, 10/19/2026

Talmon Joseph Smith reports for the Times:

The disappearance of diversity, equity and inclusion positions in big companies has heavily affected Black women; a federal government firing spree that eliminated hundreds of thousands of jobs had a heavy impact on Black workers, who are disproportionately represented on federal payrolls; and the slowdown in white-collar hiring rates has felt particularly acute for some Black businesspeople without elite networks as expansive as those of their white and Asian peers. [emphasis added]

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