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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @jamalderrick OP 5h \ parent \ on: Black Women Are Taking the Hardest Labor-Market Hit of 2025 — Here’s the Data Politics_And_Law
I didn’t bring up enrollment. My point was simply that, as a demographic, Black women possess higher levels of professional experience and educational attainment than most groups, especially in the sectors where the 2025 losses occurred.
And that point is not correct, because they do not finish their college degrees at a higher rate than white or Asian students. All of the measurable gains from education occur at graduation. Enrollment is irrelevant.
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Graduation-rate comparisons to white or Asian students are completely irrelevant to the labor-market reality behind the 2025 pattern. The meaningful metrics here are per-capita and per-sector, not broad racial graduation averages.
• Per capita, Black women earn more bachelor’s degrees than white men and are the most educated demographic within their racial group (NCES/Brookings).
• Per sector, Black women are strongly represented and highly credentialed in the exact fields where the 2025 losses occurred — government, finance, transportation, and professional services (OPM/EEOC).
• These sectors require degrees, certifications, and mid-career experience, and Black women hold those qualifications at above-average rates.
So education or skill levels cannot explain why Black women saw the sharpest 2025 losses while white women stayed stable and white men gained jobs. Graduation-rate comparisons have nothing to do with the timing, sectors, or scale of what happened.
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