The country runs on unpaid Black women and calls the invoice attitude. [5]

The July 16 respite care conversation put a clean name on a dirty bargain: family caregivers need meaningful breaks, and millions are not getting them.

AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving reported that 63 million Americans now provide ongoing care for older adults or people with disabilities, with Black and Latino caregivers more likely to be caught in the sandwich generation role. [5]

This is where the public loves Black women's strength most: inside the unpaid shift, after the paid shift, before the next emergency.

Everyone has a mother, aunt, grandmother, cousin, child, or elder who needs care. Somehow the person expected to stretch herself across all of them is still told rest is a luxury.