Black Women’s Equal Pay Day 2018: Closing the pay gap a struggle

While Equal Pay Day was observed in April — the day in 2018 through which U.S. white women have to work to earn what the average U.S. white man earned in 2017 — Black Women’s Equal Pay Day just occurred this week: Tuesday, Aug. 7. The pay gap for black women is actually worse in 2018 than in the previous year; in 2017, black women’s equal pay day was July 31, according to research from The Economic Policy Institute.

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