Compensation
To close the wage gap, an intersectional approach is needed—one that acknowledges and addresses the overlapping impacts of race and gender and specifically targets the compounded inequities Black women face.
Despite years of pay equity efforts, traditional remedies focused solely on gender or race miss the full picture, leaving Black women’s challenges largely unaddressed.
Why are conversations around the wage gap so challenging?
When these conversations focus solely on the numbers and not the cause of the disparity, we don’t acknowledge how these numbers represent the real-life effects of sexism and white supremacy.
When Black women win victories, it is a boost for virtually every segment of society.”
— Angela Davis, Activist and Educator