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That Black woman colleague? It me 🙋🏾. A THREAD. 1/
#BlackTechTwitter #TrustBlackWomen #BelieveBlackWomen #InvestInBlackWomen #PayBlackWomen #Reparations #BlackLivesMatter
#BlackTechTwitter #TrustBlackWomen #BelieveBlackWomen #InvestInBlackWomen #PayBlackWomen #Reparations #BlackLivesMatter
After ~6yrs of consistent & positive engagement with the community, organizations, & press on behalf of Google, I suddenly went dark just as I had achieved a significant milestone in my career: heading the DC office for @pinterest, leading federal policy for the company. 2/
What should have been a moment of pride and the beginning of a long journey achieving federal and social impact wins for the company, Pinners, and the communities it serves instead marked a period of glaringly unfair pay, intense discrimination, and terrifying retaliation. 3/
Black women contribute more to the U.S. economy and reap fewer benefits in return than any other demographic group. Join me right now using #PayBlackWomen for a tweet chat on how and why our economy is failing black women. S/o to @LeslieMac for coining the hashtag! 
As workers, entrepreneurs, students, and consumers, Black women outperform other demographics and overperform their own proportion of the U.S. population across measures of workforce participation, entrepreneurship, college enrollment, and consumption. #PayBlackWomen
Black women are breadwinners for their households 67% of the time, and tend to be primary decision-makers for household purchases. What do the wage and wealth gaps they face mean for the broader economy? #PayBlackWomen
