I am reminded of Aja’s story today, equal pay day for Black women, the day Black women have finally earned the same amount of pay that white men earned in 2020. That’s right: Black women in the United States must work 19 months to earn what white men earn in a year. In the Gap explored the gender pay gap, documenting Black women’s heart-wrenching accounts of maltreatment and the gender, racial, pregnancy and parenting discrimination they endured while trying to earn an honest living. Black women disproportionately work in, and arguably are often relegated to, domestic and caregiving jobs, where they receive low wages and little consideration for their own family obligations. The gender pay gap is wrong.

Source: The Guardian August 03, 2021 06:00 UTC