1/14 I think #InternationalMensDay is not a bad day to look hard at the specific challenges faced by Black boys & men, often not in spite of being male, but because of it: https://brook.gs/3pDOHhX

3/14 Good for @KamalaHarris @marcorubio @RepWilson @CoryBooker for supporting the new Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1636/BILLS-116hr1636ih.xml
4/14 Some hard facts to face: Black men faring very much worse in terms of education than whites, AND Black women: https://brook.gs/3pDOHhX
5/14 Black boys raised poor are most at most risk of remaining stuck in poverty... https://brook.gs/3pDOHhX
6/14 Black men earn less than white men and women (but a little more than Black women) https://brook.gs/3pDOHhX
7/14 Black men are less likely to participate in the labor force https://brook.gs/3pDOHhX
8/14 And along with Black women have been hit especially hard by Covid-19 in job terms https://brook.gs/3pDOHhX
9/14 Black men die four years earlier than white men (and especially at risk of dying before 65): https://brook.gs/3pDOHhX
10/14 Black men are more likely to die from COVID-19 https://brook.gs/3pDOHhX
11/14 last but not least: Black men make up by far the largest share of prisoners (proportional to pop). https://brook.gs/3pDOHhX
12/14 Intersectional thinking can help a lot here, applied properly, as @SociologistRay argues: https://brook.gs/3pDOHhX