According to a new report from Oxfam America, "a much larger percentage of Black Americans, particularly women in that group, now make less money than their peers nationwide. While 23% of all U.S. workers are bagging low wages as defined in a report under $17 an hour, the proportions are much higher when broken down by race and gender. Some 32% of Black workers earn less than $17 an hour, versus 21% of white workers, based on a fresh analysis by Oxfam, which describes itself a global organization fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice. And 35% of Black women earn low wages, compared to 29% of Black men, 25.9% of white women, and 17.4% of white men." William Michael Cunningham, (CEO, Creative Investment Research), declared that the lack of federal action on increasing the minimum wage and reducing income inequality led to wider gaps and more significant hardships for the communities. He voiced Black women are often doubly disadvantaged due to both racial and gender d...
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