Elizabeth Warren On Valuing Black Women

[demmiblue]

This week thousands of Black women from around the world will meet in New Orleans for a week of entertainment, empowerment, and community. For 25 years, Essence Fest has been a great party with a purpose and I am deeply grateful for the chance to share my story and vision for America on Saturday with thousands of Black women.

I’ve spent my career getting to the bottom of one urgent question: why America’s promise works for some, but others who work just as hard slip through the cracks into disaster. What I’ve found is terrifying: these aren’t cracks families are falling into—they are traps, deliberately laid by the wealthy and well connected. The result? Working families today face a tougher path than my family ever did and that path is even rockier and steeper for Black women.

The numbers tell the story. Black women are more likely to be breadwinners for their families and work more than almost any other set of women workers in America, including white women. Yet, Black women are paid less and they are less likely to be able to afford basic human rights like healthcare, childcare and housing.

This is no accident. It’s the legacy of decades of systemic discrimination. Discrimination in pay. Discrimination in housing. Discrimination in finance. Discrimination in health care. Pile all that together, then make basic human rights out of reach, and it’s little wonder that many Black women have been held back one generation after another.

https://www.essence.com/op-ed/elizabeth-warren-on-valuing-black-women/

[at140]

1. Warren is easily the smartest, most experienced on issues which

matter most right now. Financial doom coming up soon being the most important.
It will make the 2008 crisis look like Sunday school picnic.

[brer cat]

2. +++

K&R

[LAS14]

3. K & R

[EffieBlack]

4. There she goes, playing the race card

Just joking.

Good on her. She’s delivering an important message.

[Kind of Blue]

5. Executive orders, I like the sound of that and

that her proposals are aimed at Latina, Asian and Native American women as well.

[bluewater]

6. K&R

[Jakes Progress]

7. She is smart, capable, and the most qualified

candidate from either party running.

Of course the last time we had a smart, capable, qualified woman running for president, we got the orange ape instead.

Doesn't speak well for the judgement of the electorate.

Elizabeth has my volunteer hours, donations, and vote.