Equity Report Reveals Comparative Statistics on Black Women

By McKenzie Jackson

California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute (CBWCEI)

By Antonio Ray Harvey and Manny Otiko CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA

The San Francisco Branch of the NAACP is engaged in a public information blitz to clarify a press release it sent out urging the San Francisco city government to reject a proposal to pay each qualifying Black city resident a one-time lump sum reparation payment of $5 million.

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Black women in the Golden State trail behind their counterparts from other ethnic groups in median wealth and a lower percentage of them have obtained higher e ducation degrees. Black mothers and their babies have mortality rates that surpass women from other racial and ethnic backgrounds.