You're Not Crazy... This Is Really Happening

In this episode, we unpack the quiet crisis unfolding in America’s labor market: nearly 300,000 Black women have disappeared from the workforce in just six months—yet no one is talking about it.

Using recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and analysis from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, we explore the real reasons behind this exodus: systemic bias, burnout, economic abandonment, and the rollback of DEI efforts across government and corporate sectors.

We cover:

• Why Black women’s labor force participation dropped to 58.6% in June 2025
• The nearly 193,000 jobs lost by Black workers between May and June
• Why Black women’s unemployment rate remains nearly double that of white women
• How credentials and degrees aren’t enough to shield us from discrimination
• What t ...