AI Isn’t Coming for Black Jobs Someday. It’s Already Here. And Almost Nobody’s Building the Off-Ramp.
Black workers are overrepresented in 17 of the 30 U.S. occupations most exposed to automation, and AI-driven layoffs are already running roughly 50% ahead of last year’s pace. Marcus Hart on why this is a cultural reckoning, not just an economic one – and what a real response looks like.
AI Didn’t Create the Racial Wealth Gap. It’s Just Automating It Faster.
As AI-driven layoffs top 155,000 roles in 2026, Black workers are losing jobs at a disproportionate rate — and Marcus Hart argues the fix isn’t panic, it’s getting ahead of the next wave before it arrives.