However in 2016, white women’s wages grew to 76 percent of white men’s, compared to 67 percent for black women relative to white men-a racial difference of 9 percentage points. Despite the large gender disadvantage faced by all women, black women were near parity with white women in 1979. In the last 37 years, gender wage gaps have unquestionably narrowed-due in part to men’s wages decreasing-while racial wage gaps have gotten worse. But in addition to this class inequality, they also experience lower pay due to gender and race bias. Since few black women are among the top 5 percent of earners in this country, they have experienced the relatively slow wage growth that characterizes growing class inequality along with the vast majority of other Americans. Pay inequity directly touches the lives of black women in at least three distinct ways. Why does this wage gap exist for black women?
In fact, on average, black women workers are paid only 67 cents on the dollar relative to white non-Hispanic men, even after controlling for education, years of experience, and location. Black women are uniquely positioned to be subjected to both a racial pay gap and a gender pay gap. July 31st is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the day that marks how long into 2017 an African American woman would have to work in order to be paid the same wages as her white male counterpart was paid last year.
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