Your support for women-owned businesses is an investment into a future of economic success, innovation, and equality. But the path to equality looks different for Black women. Systemic racism has lead directly to wealth inequality, especially for Black women. For all that we hear about the average woman’s pay gap of 82 cents to a white man’s dollar — the pay gap for Black women is just 61 cents. (Imagine having to work nearly seven extra months just to earn the same pay as a male co-worker.
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