Friday is supposedly Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. But I’m a black woman and I don’t buy into it. Neither should you.
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is a symbolic holiday meant to represent the day in 2019 when black women’s earnings catch up what white men earned by the end of 2018.
This holiday falls four months after Equal Pay Day for all women because, according to some, black women are not just the victims of widespread gender discrimination, but also racial discrimination. It doesn’t stop there. Native Women’s Equal Pay Day is Sept. 23 and Latina Women’s Equal Pay Day isn’t until Nov. 20.
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ReplyDeleteHere's a thought. Instead of using white men as the example and wondering why, Black Women’s Equal Pay Day should be a symbolic holiday meant to represent the day in 2019 when black women’s earnings catch up with what black men earned by the end of 2018.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that the interval will be much shorter.