Because blacks hold a disproportionate share of the jobs, relative to their share of the population, the cutbacks naturally hit them harder. But black workers overall, women in particular, also lost their jobs at a higher rate than whitesOh look. The old trope about the NYT ("Women, children, minorities hardest hit") isn't a myth. They print this line with regularity.
Silver line represents black males.
Gold line represents black females.
Years and workers info didn't transfer with graphic (go to source)
![](http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/05/22/african-american-government-employment/a104a9a3351cafb6ffe361617fdfcd3d5e696baa/0525-biz-webPUBLIC-Artboard_2.png)
Source from thread article.