65% of individuals reported feeling more stressed following the election.
Recent studies have shown that this feeling over time has morphed into a “fatalistic, depressive” attitude resulting in hopelessness.
Levels of workplace hostility have also increased from 13% to 31%
... and the FBI has just reported a dramatic increase in hate crimes based on race and ethnicity in the past year.
Black women under 50 are 20x more likely to die from a heart attack than their white counterparts.
Currently 1 out of every 4 American women will die from heart disease. Studies show that racial discrimination, racial-bias, and race-based crimes are chronic stressors that negatively impact the cardiovascular and mental health of women of color.
Women of color are disproportionately in Poverty
Poverty rates vary considerably among adult women from the largest racial and ethnic groups. Native American women have the highest poverty rate at 28.1 percent, followed by Black (25.7 percent) and Hispanic (24.0 percent) women. The poverty rate for white women (11.7 percent) is the lowest among the groups and is less than half the rate for Native American, Black, and Hispanic women.
Doing double duty
Over 80% of Black mothers are breadwinners, yet have the caregiving responsibility for an elderly parent, a person with a disability or a young child, which they must balance with work obligations.
