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Today is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. Let's stop using terms like "catching up." Every cent lost to the wage gap is stolen wealthβ€”money stripped from Black women's hands that they will never get back. πŸ’” The systemic numbers don't lie: πŸ“Œ 65Β’ – Paid to full-time Black women for every $1 paid to white men. πŸ“Œ 63Β’ – The gap when looking at all Black women earners. πŸ“Œ 56Β’ – The devastating gap faced by Black mothers compared to white fathers. πŸ“Œ 59% – What Black women with professional degrees earn compared to white men with the same credentials. This isn't a pipeline problem; it's a structural barrier. And it's being made worse by administrative attacks. Just this week marks the 17th anniversary of a frozen federal minimum wage at $7.25/hr. Meanwhile, data shows Black women lost a net total of 113,000 jobs in 2025 as diversity programs were dismantled and federal layoffs targeted equity. Now, the USEEOC wants to kill EEO-1 demographic data collection so corporations can hide this dis...
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