El-Sayed Says Structural Racism Cost Black Women Jobs

Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed attributed the loss of 300,000 jobs held by Black women to structural racism under Trump's economy.

Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Employment

El-Sayed Says Structural Racism Cost Black Women Jobs

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Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed said during an appearance on MS NOW's "Morning Joe" that 300,000 Black women lost jobs under Trump's economy. He attributed the losses to structural racism.

Why it matters

The claim ties a large employment loss for one demographic group to structural causes rather than cyclical economic conditions. For Michigan readers, it frames an national labor-market debate in the context of the state's newly elected senator.

The figure cited is 300,000 jobs lost by Black women under Trump's economy, as stated by El-Sayed. The extraction does not identify the data source, the time period, or any comparator, and no independent verification of the number is available in the stub.

The players

Abdul El-Sayed

Abdul El-Sayed is a Michigan politician who is the state's Senator-elect and has become a prominent voice on economic and racial equity issues.

The details

El-Sayed made the remarks during a Thursday appearance on MS NOW's "Morning Joe." He attributed the job losses to structural racism, a framing he presented as the cause of the reported decline.

- November 5, 2026: El-Sayed made the job-loss remarks on MS NOW's "Morning Joe."

Economic Context

Employment by race and sex is tracked in monthly federal labor-market releases, against which claims about group-specific job losses can be measured. El-Sayed's figure has not been reconciled with those series in the material available here.

For workers, claims about group-level job losses shape how policy debates over hiring, wages and job-training programs are framed. Michigan residents may see these arguments reflected in state and federal labor policy discussions in the months ahead.

The takeaway

Claims about job losses by demographic group are easiest to evaluate when the underlying figures, time periods and comparisons are stated. Readers can check group-level employment counts in federal labor releases before drawing conclusions.