As you’re watching the time pass, ready to clock out from your 9-to-5, there are millions of Black women needing every second to count for more just to make ends meet on their next paycheck. It’s not due to a lack of skills or education, research shows women of color are not fairly compensated as their male counterparts. Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, a movement to bring attention to the wage gap for minority women.
According to Atlanta Women For Equality, Black women must work almost 19 months to make what a white man makes in 12 months. President Obama (an event I covered in April) and other lawmakers have noted the pay disparities for all women, yet it continues to be an issue that is continuously swept under the rug.
via National Women’s Law Center
“African American women with a bachelor’s degree or more typically make $50,200—about the same as white, non-Hispanic men who have some college but lack a degree (99 cents for every dollar).”
SOCIAL MEDIA IS USING THE HASHTAGS #BlackWomenEqualPay and #ClockOut4EqualPay TO GENERATE A MUCH NEEDED DISCUSSION.
Education is not enough: black women with BAs on average earn $10,000 less than white men with Associate’s degrees. #BlackWomenEqualPay
— Liz Shuler (@lizshuler) July 28, 2015
Black women have our own #EqualPayDay, and it's today?! Why wasn't this in the bulletin? I didn't get the newsletter!
— Genie Lauren (@MoreAndAgain) July 28, 2015
For far too long Black women have been missing the in the fair pay debate. That ends now. #BlackWomenEqualPay #fem2 #p2 #equalpay #1u
— YWCA USA (@YWCAUSA) July 28, 2015
Pay me my whole dollar, not 78 cents or 64 cents but my WHOLE ENTIRE dollar please! #BlackWomenEqualPay pic.twitter.com/Y8QnxZtBmd
— HigherHeights (@HigherHeights) July 28, 2015
You want to close the wage gap that hurts Black women, support starting our own businesses - grants, loans & access #BlackWomenEqualPay
— La Femme Negrita (@LaFemme_Negrita) July 28, 2015
#BlackWomenEqualPay because the most educated group in the country is not rewarded under white supremacist capitalism pic.twitter.com/Qu6nhHII2Q
— when they go low, i go tech? (@lowtech_42) July 28, 2015
It's 2:07pm; imagine if you stopped getting paid for the rest of the day. #BlackWomenEqualPay #ClockOut4EqualPay pic.twitter.com/wYWez6FF8X
— Chirlane McCray (@NYCFirstLady) July 28, 2015
RT @CAPfaithRJ: The avg American man can go on vacation for 7 mos & still earn the same as the avg Black woman all year. #BLACKWOMENEQUALPAY
— Dʒeisən (@AvenueJay) July 28, 2015
.@HillaryClinton gets it exactly right on #BlackWomenEqualPay Day — we deserve more pic.twitter.com/XMXJmo0P0q
— Brynne Craig (@BrynneCraig) July 28, 2015
Pay me what you owe me, that’s all we’re saying.
