We Loss More Black Jobs!

Sub: Who Suffers the Most?

“The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) report underscores that workforce reductions were concentrated in agencies where women and people of color are overrepresented, meaning the impact of cuts was inherently disproportionate.”

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Yes, there is strong, credible evidence that federal job cuts during the Trump administration (second term, starting in early 2025) disproportionately affected women and minorities, especially Black women.

Key Findings from Reports and Data

1. Analysis by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC)

Women composed 46% of the federal workforce as of September 2024, but they represented a substantial majority in several departments targeted for cuts:

Veterans Affairs (64%) Education (63%) Health and Human Services (HHS) Treasury (61%) Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (59%)

People of color made up 41% of the overall federal workforce, yet: They were a majority in HUD (56%), Education (54%), Treasury (54%), and HHS (52%).

Black workers alone made up 36% of staff at Education and HUD—double their share of the federal workforce overall (18%).   

The NWLC report underscores that workforce reductions were concentrated in agencies where women and people of color are overrepresented, meaning the impact of cuts was inherently disproportionate. 

2. Disproportionate Impact on Black Women

A landmark analysis of labor-force data shows that by mid-2025: 300,000 Black women had left the labor force within a three-month period—a particularly steep decline.

In contrast, White women gained 142,000 jobs, Hispanic women gained 176,000—and White men, 365,000 jobs! (Wow. You can’t make this s*it up. Not with data.)

ProPublica and other media investigators reported:

Agencies with majority non-white or female staff experienced far larger reductions: for example, the Department of Education saw a roughly 46% reduction in staffing.

By contrast, the Department of Justice (majority white, male) was cut only 1%, and the Department of Energy (over 70% white) had a 13% reduction.   

Legal filings (class-action) indicate that among employees dismissed due to perceived ties to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work: ~90% were women or non-binary, and nearly 80% were people of color, most of them Black women. 

3. DEI Purge and Structural Impact

In early 2025, the Trump administration issued executive orders to terminate all DEI programs and offices, putting all DEI-related federal employees on leave.   

This removal disproportionately affected employees working in areas most populated by women and minorities, amplifying the disparate impact.   

The data shows a clear pattern: job cuts in agencies where women and minority groups are overrepresented had a disproportionately negative effect on those same groups.

Therefore, it’s accurate to say that minorities—especially women—did indeed lose more federal jobs under this administration relative to their representation.

Of note—I left the federal government under his first administration (2017). I was burned out. My marriage was in shambles and I couldn’t take it a minute longer. As soon as I turned 56 years old, I was out.

Sources:

Axios – Black women’s unemployment spikes amid Trump federal workforce cuts GovExec – Agencies with majority women and minority workforces hardest hit NWLC – Trump federal government cuts target working women and people of color ProPublica – Trump’s DEI purge made Black women with stable federal jobs an easy target Reuters – Trump administration asks federal agencies to terminate diversity roles Salon – Dismissed by DEI purge: Black women with stable jobs made an easy target The Guardian – Trump orders immediate closure of all U.S. federal diversity offices

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