Black women are the hardest hit by the coronavirus unemployment crisis, new survey data shows
Lean In's survey of more than 2,600 people found that black women are twice as likely as white men to say that they'd either been laid off, furloughed, or had their hours or pay reduced because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some 54% of black women reported facing economic challenges like getting laid off or having their pay docked, compared to 44% of black men, 31% of white women, and 27% of white men.
When asked how long they could survive if they lost their income, 34% of black women said less than one month, versus 28% of black men, 25% of white women and 11% of white men.reaffirmed the disparities that Lean In found related to race and gender, highlighting that black women are 32% more likely than white men to be out of work during the pandemic.
In its analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, EPI determined that the unemployment rate for black women in April was 16.9%, compared with 16.4% for black men, 15.8% for white women, and 12.8% for white men. Even looking at the percentage of a demographic currently employed , EPI found that black women are employed at the lowest rate and saw the steepest dropoff from February to April.
"Although the current strain of the coronavirus is one that humans have never experienced before, the disparate racial impact of the virus is deeply rooted in historic and ongoing social and economic injustices," the report's authors, Elise Gould and Valerie Wilson, wrote.in a recent interview, the pandemic is exposing and exacerbating inequality that already exists.
"Inequality is very real, and it's been very real for a really long time," she said. "Any time systems get put under pressure, there's a crisis. Those differences get massively exacerbated."
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