How To Find A Job That Doesn’t Suck in 2022 – Black Women Edition

At Legally Bold, we are running the #complimentablackwoman challenge for the entire month of February. Naturally, as a career coach, my participation in the challenge got me thinking about black women and careers.

Here are some statistics to consider.

Black women, on average work more hours, than white women and men, though we are paid far less. Black women with advanced degrees (i.e., lawyers, doctors, accountants, etc.) make almost $7 per hour less than white men with a bachelor's degree.  In fact, black women with advanced degrees only make about $11 more per hour than white men with high school diplomas. By comparison, white men with advanced degrees make almost $28 more per hour than white men with high school diplomas.  That's more than double.

And money is only part of the problem.  As a marginalized group, black women also have to contend with oppression on many other fronts.  First, it’s systemic in that laws, policies, and normative practices are all designed to marginalize bla…