Happy Black Women Equal Pay Day. Check out this BUST flashback on what pay inequity for Black women means. BlackWomensEqualPayDay payblackwomen equalpay
Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. That means that today marks the day when Black women, on average, have made the same amount of money that white men made last year. In other words, Black women have to work for 20 months in order to make what white men make in 12 months. When a white man receives a dollar, a Black woman receives 63 cents.
ADVERTISEMENT And the wage gap varies based on geography, too—the worst one is in Louisiana, where Black women make LESS THAN HALF of what white men make. More liberal areas aren’t necessarily better—the wage gap for Black women in New York City is also worse than the national average. When the woman in question is a woman of color, there's even more systemic bullshit to contend with. Black women are more likely to experience violence than white women. They're less likely to come from a family that can pay for college out-of-pocket. They're more likely to experience discriminatory hiring and promotional practices.
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