US black women leaders are determined to be among the ranks of governors
Source: The Hill
By Glynda C. Carr
In the seven years that Higher Heights and the Center of American Women and Politics have been issuing the Black Women in American Politics status updates, the data has consistently highlighted a challenging reality: Although more Black women are running and winning each year, only a handful have hurdled the very significant, long-standing racial and gender barriers to holding elected statewide executive offices. While Black women make up nearly 7 percent of the U.S. population, we account for less than 2 percent of elected officials in this category, and not one Black woman has ever served as governor in the country’s 245-year history.
The historical absence of Black women on the gubernatorial level is a problematic representational void for the nearly 23 million Black women and girls in the U.S., and the almost exclusively white, overwhelmingly male gubernatorial leadership is detrimental to the country as a whole.
Click here to read the full article published by The Hill on 12 December 2021.
By Glynda C. Carr
In the seven years that Higher Heights and the Center of American Women and Politics have been issuing the Black Women in American Politics status updates, the data has consistently highlighted a challenging reality: Although more Black women are running and winning each year, only a handful have hurdled the very significant, long-standing racial and gender barriers to holding elected statewide executive offices. While Black women make up nearly 7 percent of the U.S. population, we account for less than 2 percent of elected officials in this category, and not one Black woman has ever served as governor in the country’s 245-year history.
The historical absence of Black women on the gubernatorial level is a problematic representational void for the nearly 23 million Black women and girls in the U.S., and the almost exclusively white, overwhelmingly male gubernatorial leadership is detrimental to the country as a whole.
Click here to read the full article published by The Hill on 12 December 2021.