Sisters,

ICSYBTICTY — I Can Show You Better Than I Can Tell You, is a very common saying in the Black community. We often say it to give someone a warning that we’re about to do something they might not like, or something they think we’re not capable of, or to demonstrate something we are trying to explain.

This feels like one of those moments.

A new report from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, The Economic State of Black Women in the United States, confirms what many Black women already know from lived experience: we work hard, achieve more, and still face barriers to building wealth and long-term economic security. Black women work at higher rates than any other group of women in America, so no one can say that we don’t show up, contribute, and keep the economy moving. Yet the rewards are still uneven.

The report shows Black women working full-time earned a median of $942 per week in 2025, compared with $1,108 for white women and $1,395 for Asian women. What does this mean? Black women bring home roughly $166 less per week than white women — and over $450 less than Asian women — for the same full-time work.

Black women-led households with children also had the lowest median income among major racial and ethnic groups. And when it comes to retirement savings, less than half of Black women report having any savings at all.

Let’s be clear: this is not about lack of talent, effort, or desire to do better. This is all about YEARS of policies, systems, and practices that too often profit from our labor while blocking our ability to thrive.

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But here’s the part they keep underestimating: Black women know how to organize, adapt, and build.

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Some people think that if we’re not present at every march or speaking on every microphone, we’re absent. No. Many of us are doing what we’ve always done — building quietly, voting strategically, supporting each other, starting businesses, sharing resources, raising leaders, and refusing to fold.

Despite everything being thrown at us, we must continue to push forward and do what we’ve always done to survive, and God-willing, thrive!

Our call to action today is simple: Pick one economic move this week.

• Support a Black woman-owned business.
• Apply for a higher-paying role.
• Open or increase a savings account.
• Share a job lead.
• Join a civic action group.
• Teach another sister what you know.

Small moves, repeated together, become power.

They can tell whatever story they want about us. We’ll show them better than we can tell them.

In solidarity,

Dr. Stephanie, WE CAN Founder

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