President–elect Donald Trump’s plans to shrink the federal workforce would have disparate impacts on Black employment, while potentially eroding a key conduit to economic mobility that many Black families have relied on for generations.
Some researchers say a substantial cutback could push the Black unemployment rate higher, particularly in areas like Washington, DC, where Black joblessness is among the highest in the country. Such an outcome would stand at odds with Trump’s campaign promises to
Trump has pledged to move 100,000 government jobs