The June 29 Supreme Court decision to overturn the use of affirmative action in college admissions highlights a perversion of the policy’s original intent. The gender wage gap is wider for women of color. Black women currently make 15% less than White women, and 35% less than White men, which has led to a 90% wealth gap between Black women and white men. Over the course of a 40-year career, Black women lose an estimated $964,400 to the wage gap. Gender and racial wage gaps create inequities that become so pervasive that they appear normal and seemingly irreversible, but we can be mindful about narrowing the gap.

Source: The Guardian October 11, 2023 20:34 UTC