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From :http://blackwomenvote.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-black-women-want-set-our-money.html
What black women want: SET OUR MONEY STRAIGHT!!!
Bearing in mind that:
WE WANT:
As a matter of fact, don't just stop there with black women. Bring it across for everyone. Its past time for equal pay for same work between men and women regardless of whatever else becomes a reality. WAY PAST TIME!
From :http://blackwomenvote.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-black-women-want-set-our-money.html
What black women want: SET OUR MONEY STRAIGHT!!!
Bearing in mind that:
- Black women make 66 dollars for every 100 dollars that white men make for the same work.
- Black women make 85 dollars for every 100 dollars that Black men make for the same work, and are more likely to live in poverty than Black men.
- Even with these economic disparities, Black women are significantly more likely to be the head of the household and therefore have more mouths to feed.
- Black women are work longer hours than white women to make ends meet. African-American women work, on average, 1,923 hours per year, compared to the 1,734 hours per year worked by college-educated White women. So we’re working close to a MONTH more than white women each year – and not getting the promotions and raises that we deserve in return.
- Black women pay more for necessities than in other groups. One study shows that black women were quoted higher prices for new cars, than any other group, and also were not given as much cost-negotiating room as white women or men of any other race. Oh yeah, and we pay higher prices for food in our neighborhoods, too.
- Black women are as much as five times more likely to receive subprime mortgages than white men with the same credit status.
- Working women will lose $250,000 in lifetime wages because of the gender pay gap, and that number is higher for Black women.
WE WANT:
- A gender based tax deduction until America gets with the program and pays us equally. (Men: Don’t EVEN pretend that you wouldn’t demand the same thing if you were in our shoes) Put teeth into the Equal Pay Act, instead of lip service.
- Legislation that will raise severe penalities to companies that show disparities in pay drawn along gender and racial lines.
As a matter of fact, don't just stop there with black women. Bring it across for everyone. Its past time for equal pay for same work between men and women regardless of whatever else becomes a reality. WAY PAST TIME!
