Research has shown that Hispanic women experience the largest pay gap in America, having earned just 57 cents for every $1 earned by white men in 2020. Black women also experience wide pay gaps—despite consistently having some of the highest labor force participation rates—with just 64 cents for every $1 earned by white men in 2020.
There has never been a time in this country when there has not been a wage gap that exists along intersecting gender and racial lines.
Because this wage gap is so deeply embedded in the cultural fabric of this country, this kind of behavior also exists outside of the traditional work environment.
“Can I pick your brain” is one form many BIPOC, and especially BIWOC, encounter
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