Black women are typically paid only 63 cents for every dollar paid to white men. gettyBlack Women’s Equal Pay Day is on August 3rd this year, and means Black women must work an additional 214 days to catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men made in 2020 alone. Black women are typically paid only 63 cents for every dollar paid to white men, and the wage gap persists regardless of industry. “One reason is that it enables women to work and it disproportionately enables women of color and Black women to work. That's building wealth and helping close the wealth gap for Black women in a significant way.

Source: Forbes July 31, 2021 19:07 UTC