How Economics Excludes Black Women
Sadie Alexander, pictured here, was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in economics in the U.S. Creative Commons/University of Pennsylvania hide caption
Sadie Alexander, pictured here, was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in economics in the U.S.
Creative Commons/University of PennsylvaniaIn 2017, universities awarded a total of 1,150 economics Ph.D.s. Only 7 of them went to black women. And according to a recent survey of the professional climate, black women in economics were the most likely to face gender or racial discrimination, or both.
On today's show, we speak with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, a research scholar at Harvard and an aspiring economist, and Lisa Cook, who has been an economist for three decades. They explain the ways that the economics profession excludes black women, and what that means for the quality of economics research and economic policy.
Links referenced in this episode:
Economics Needs More Black Women, By Lisa D. Cook and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
AEA Professional Climate Survey: Final Report
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice? Teacher Perceptions of Black Girls in the Classroom, by Dania Francis
Report fo the Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession, from the AEA
Diversity and Balance in Federal Reserve Leadership, Statement of William E. Spriggs
We've to Build the Pipeline, by Rhonda Sharpe
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