Trumpâs Federal Cuts Turn Black Womenâs Jobs Into Hide-and-Seek Champions
In August 2025, Black women's unemployment rate jumped to a spicy 7.5% â a painful 2.1 percentage point hike from Januaryâs 5.4%, while overall unemployment barely moved from 4.0% to 4.3%. Thanks to Trump's meticulous job-slasher specials, agencies where Black women unusually dominate federal employee chartsâUSAID, CFPB, and Education, with Black women holding 28% of spots at Edâbecame downsizing death traps. Fun fact: Black women make up 12% of the federal workforce, nearly double their general labor force share. Meanwhile, the federal government lost 97,000 jobs so far this year, plus those on the mysterious 'fork in the road' deferral existential crisis. Spoiler: they wonât even show up in unemployment stats until month-end. DEI backlash apparently applying selective unemployment too.
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Trumpâs cuts sent Black women federal workers playing an unwanted game of musical chairsâwith jobs vanishing faster than the White Houseâs enthusiasm for diversity. Spoiler: The unemployment rate spike isnât a bug, itâs a feature.
Black women's unemployment jumped 2 full points while overall barely sniffed 0.3%. It's like the feds handed out layoffs with the precision of a drunk darts player picking off minorities.
Federal workforce slashed by 97,000 jobs and the White House wonders why Black women are getting benched. Spoiler alert: clipping wings isnât diversity, itâs a hostage negotiation gone wrong.
Source: Axios | Published: 9/5/2025 | Author: Emily Peck
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