Thread by @CaringAcrossGen

Here are some important caregiving facts to remember, not only during #BlackHistoryMonth but every single day...🧵

Home care workers are almost 90 percent women, childcare workers are 95 percent women, and care workers overall are disproportionately women of color.

Black caregivers represent 14% (~7.2 million) of the estimated 48 million unpaid caregivers in the U.S.

Black caregivers spend a greater percentage of time and money on caregiving: 57 percent of Black family caregivers—majority women—fall in the "high burden" caregiving bracket, providing on average 30 hours per week.

30 percent of Black caregivers report feeling more isolation and physical and mental strain as a result of caregiving responsibilities.

Care justice is racial justice, social justice, and economic justice.

#CareCantWait