{"id":6044,"date":"2023-07-28T00:44:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6044"},"modified":"2023-07-28T00:44:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:44:07","slug":"black-womens-equal-pay-day-highlights-pay-inequity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6044","title":{"rendered":"Black Women&#8217;s Equal Pay Day Highlights Pay Inequity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"drop-cap text-big text-gray\"> <span class=\"drop-cap__first text-dropcap \">I<\/span>t\u2019s 2023, and women are still being underpaid\u2014specifically Black women, who also <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dol.gov\/2021\/08\/03\/5-facts-about-black-women-in-the-labor-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/blog.dol.gov\/2021\/08\/03\/5-facts-about-black-women-in-the-labor-force\">participate in the labor force at a higher rate than all other women<\/a>. Since 1996, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/resources\/article\/equal-pay-day-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/resources\/article\/equal-pay-day-calendar\/\">we\u2019ve recognized Equal Pay Day<\/a> as the date when the average woman\u2019s salary finally catches up to what the average man would\u2019ve taken home in the year prior. But in recent years, additional dates have been added to the calendar to reflect the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/gender-pay-gap-women-color\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/gender-pay-gap-women-color\/\">even broader wage disparity between white men and women of color<\/a>. That date for Black women, in particular, is on July 27 this year, meaning that only after seven months of additional work will Black women like me have earned what the average white man received in 2022.<\/div>\n<p>Part of the reason Black Women\u2019s Equal Pay Day is so important to recognize in 2023 is because of how little the date has moved up in recent years\u2014and in turn, how little progress has occurred when it comes to narrowing the gender-race pay gap, specifically.<\/p>\n<p>What forward momentum we\u2019ve seen has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2016\/07\/01\/racial-gender-wage-gaps-persist-in-u-s-despite-some-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2016\/07\/01\/racial-gender-wage-gaps-persist-in-u-s-despite-some-progress\/\">significantly greater for white women<\/a>: They made, on average, 60 cents for every dollar earned by a white man in 1980, but that number jumped up to <a href=\"https:\/\/19thnews.org\/2023\/03\/equal-pay-day-2023-charts-gender-pay-gap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/19thnews.org\/2023\/03\/equal-pay-day-2023-charts-gender-pay-gap\/\">73 cents by 2021<\/a>. Whereas, Black women earned 56 cents for every dollar received by a white man in 1980\u2014but that\u2019s only gone up to 64 cents, as of 2021. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/latina-wage-gap\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/latina-wage-gap\/\">The numbers are even bleaker for Latina<\/a> and Native women, who made, on average, 54 and 51 cents to every white man\u2019s dollar, respectively, in 2021.) The kicker? Even the progress made to close the above gaps has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2023\/03\/01\/the-enduring-grip-of-the-gender-pay-gap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2023\/03\/01\/the-enduring-grip-of-the-gender-pay-gap\/\">all but stalled in the past couple decades<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Black women earned 56 cents for every dollar received by a white man in 1980\u2014but that\u2019s only gone up to 64 cents, as of 2021.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For Black women, a long history of cultural and structural biases have wedged the gender-race pay gap wide open: Occupational segregation and a disproportionate burden of caregiving responsibilities has made it more common for <a href=\"https:\/\/nwlc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Women-in-Low-Paid-Jobs-report_pp04-FINAL-4.2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/nwlc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Women-in-Low-Paid-Jobs-report_pp04-FINAL-4.2.pdf\">women of color to work relatively lower-paying jobs<\/a> in the service and domestic-work industries, while at the same time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2018\/04\/25\/the-changing-profile-of-unmarried-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2018\/04\/25\/the-changing-profile-of-unmarried-parents\/\">Black women are more likely than their white counterparts to be single moms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/leanin.org\/data-about-the-gender-pay-gap-for-black-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/leanin.org\/data-about-the-gender-pay-gap-for-black-women\">the sole breadwinners of their family<\/a>\u2014such that the money they do earn often has to stretch significantly further. Worse yet, Black college graduates are more likely than white graduates to be <a href=\"https:\/\/educationdata.org\/student-loan-debt-by-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/educationdata.org\/student-loan-debt-by-race\">saddled with student-loan debt<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content \" style=\"\" data-module-init=\"related-content\" data-module-immediate=\"\" v-cloak=\"\">\n<div class=\"related-content__wrapper \" v-cloak=\"\" :class=\"{'is-loaded':isLoaded}\">\n<p> <span class=\"inline pr-6 text-seafoam-dark\">Related Stories<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <related-content class=\"related-content__links\" parent-article-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/black-womens-equal-pay-day\/\" current-title=\"It\u2019s Black Women\u2019s Equal Pay Day\u2014And Closing the Pay Gap for Women of Color Has Never Been More Urgent\" current-image=\"WG_Editorial_Black-Women-Equal-Pay-Day-425x285.jpg\" v-on:parsely-posts-loaded=\"onPostsLoaded\" start-date=\"2023-01-27\" tag=\"div\" inline-template=\"\" url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/black-womens-equal-pay-day\/\" secret=\"w5ztterVB03LGZJLfXS0hf3EvQBuFFIWew9hmVQxthU\" apikey=\"wellandgood.com\" limit=\"3\"> <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"related-content__card mb-[10px] sm:mb-[20px]\" :class=\"{'related-content__card--full':posts.length === 1}\" v-for=\"(post, key) in posts\"> <a v-on:click.prevent=\"trackLinkGA($event, key)\" :href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/black-womens-equal-pay-day\/post.url\" data-url-source=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content__link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content__card--image bg-tan\" :style=\"{ backgroundImage: 'url(' + post.image_url + ')' }\"> <img :src=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/black-womens-equal-pay-day\/post.image_url\" :alt=\"post.title\"\/> <\/div>\n<p> <\/a>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <\/related-content> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These discrepancies don\u2019t even take into account the systemic biases that can majorly hinder Black women who enter the workforce in fields dominated by white women or men. A 2022 report conducted by Lean In and McKinsey &amp; Company found that <a href=\"https:\/\/wiw-report.s3.amazonaws.com\/Women_in_the_Workplace_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/wiw-report.s3.amazonaws.com\/Women_in_the_Workplace_2022.pdf\">Black women face more rigid boundaries to advancement<\/a> than their white colleagues; for example, Black women leaders are more likely to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/examples-of-microaggressions\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/examples-of-microaggressions\/\">experience microaggressions<\/a> (like someone questioning their judgment or mistaking them for someone of a lesser job title), and are less likely than white coworkers to say their manager is interested in their development. And it\u2019s all of the above that contributes to the stagnancy of the gender-race pay gap, even as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/articles\/black-women-are-earning-more-college-degrees-but-that-alone-wont-close-race-gaps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/articles\/black-women-are-earning-more-college-degrees-but-that-alone-wont-close-race-gaps\/\">more Black women are earning college degrees<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/02\/03\/black-women-are-gaining-ground-in-the-labor-market-but-still-face-unique-barriers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/02\/03\/black-women-are-gaining-ground-in-the-labor-market-but-still-face-unique-barriers.html\">entering the labor force<\/a> than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but the historic <em>wealth<\/em> gap\u2014which takes into account not just income, but discriminatory lending practices and tax laws that benefit some over others\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2016\/08\/09\/closing-this-wealth-gap-could-take-228-years.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2016\/08\/09\/closing-this-wealth-gap-could-take-228-years.html\">could take as long as 228 years to mend<\/a>, and that leaves plenty of successful Black women stuck paying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/the-black-tax-5324177#:~:text=The%20Black%20tax%2C%20a%20term,attains%20a%20high%2Dpaying%20job.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/the-black-tax-5324177#:~:text=The%20Black%20tax%2C%20a%20term,attains%20a%20high%2Dpaying%20job.\">Black tax<\/a>. That means that they are often obligated to handle the financial needs of their elders, who are also less likely to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/retirement-savings-by-race-5086962#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20people%20of%20color,of%20White%20households%20lack%20savings.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/retirement-savings-by-race-5086962#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20people%20of%20color,of%20White%20households%20lack%20savings.\">savings and retirement accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tyronaheath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tyronaheath\/\">Ty Heath<\/a>, the director of market engagement at LinkedIn&#8217;s B2B Institute (a think tank studying the future of B2B marketing and decision-making), says that she feels a great responsibility to help Black professional women secure the wealth that\u2019s due to them\u2014particularly as a Black woman who&#8217;s climbed the corporate ladder. While we\u2019ve made progress quantifying the Black experience in the workplace and starting conversations that empower women (including Black women) to ask for what they\u2019re worth, we clearly have a lot of hurdles to overcome, she says. \u201cNot only do I feel responsible to shine a light on the topic, but also to help us figure out what actions to take in response to what we&#8217;re hearing and seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>How Black women can ensure we\u2019re earning what we\u2019re worth<\/h2>\n<p>The gender-race pay gap can add up to anywhere from <a href=\"https:\/\/legalaidatwork.org\/black-womens-equal-pay-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/legalaidatwork.org\/black-womens-equal-pay-day\/\">nearly $950,000<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/nwlc.org\/resource\/black-womens-equal-pay-day-factsheet\/#:~:text=Among%20doctorate%20degree%20holders%2C%20a,of%20a%2040%2Dyear%20career.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/nwlc.org\/resource\/black-womens-equal-pay-day-factsheet\/#:~:text=Among%20doctorate%20degree%20holders%2C%20a,of%20a%2040%2Dyear%20career.\">over $2 million in lost revenue for Black women over the course of a 40-year career<\/a>, and with an eye toward this unrealized potential, Heath works to encourage Black women to ask for what they deserve. But what exactly does it look like to ask?<\/p>\n<p>For starters, Heath recommends adjusting your mindset. \u201cWe&#8217;re living in a world where more people want to see progress than don&#8217;t want to see progress, and we shouldn&#8217;t forget that,\u201d she says. \u201cWe are not alone anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re living in a world where more people want to see progress than don&#8217;t want to see progress, and we shouldn&#8217;t forget that.\u201d \u2014Ty Heath, directer of market engagement at LinkedIn&#8217;s B2B Institute<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Heath also says that women can empower other women by being open about their salaries\u2014an act that may come more easily as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/how-to-negotiate-salary-when-range-is-posted\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/how-to-negotiate-salary-when-range-is-posted\/\">pay transparency becomes more commonplace among employers<\/a>, too. By gatekeeping, Black women can make it difficult for other Black women to gauge what to ask for, or if they\u2019re undervaluing themselves. \u201cWe can do research on the target salary range,\u201d says Heath. \u201cA lot of us come up in families where we don&#8217;t talk about finances, and you\u2019re not supposed to ask others what they make\u2014but we need to get more clear on that [for the sake of pay equity].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Heath acknowledges that data can serve a big role in highlighting the problem, she also believes that we can garner more awareness around the gender-race wage gap and Black Women\u2019s Equal Pay Day by sharing our stories. \u201cLet them stand in our shoes and navigate what comes with that,\u201d says Heath. \u201cWe have the intersectional identity of being Black and female in a world full of misogynoir, while shouldering caregiver duties, paying student loans, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dove.com\/us\/en\/stories\/campaigns\/crown-linkedin.html%3f0%3futm_source=VanityURL&amp;utm_campaign=linkedin%3f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.dove.com\/us\/en\/stories\/campaigns\/crown-linkedin.html%3f0%3futm_source=VanityURL&amp;utm_campaign=linkedin%3f\">battling hair discrimination<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In that realm, Heath adds, we also need to fully understand our value and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/types-imposter-syndrome\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/types-imposter-syndrome\/\">overcome imposter syndrome<\/a>. \u201cWe have to recognize that we were hired because we have talent and skill,\u201d she says, \u201cand we deserve to be paid equitably for the work we&#8217;re delivering.\u201d To be more confident in asking for a raise, Heath recommends developing a relationship with a member of your company\u2019s human-resources department and learning the fiscal schedule to ensure that your timing is right.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, however, closing the pay gap is really up to leadership. \u201cWhen a company has the economic platform, resources, and a budget, they have to keep making the effort,\u201d says Heath. Companies must continue to push for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals\u2014even when many seem to have slowed or outright stopped their missions. And a part of DEI, Heath says, needs to be equitable pay.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s 2023, and women are still being underpaid\u2014specifically Black women, who also participate in the labor force at a higher rate than all other women. 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