national women’s law center
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Black Women Would Earn Nearly $1 Million More Over Their Lifetimes If They Were Paid the Same as White Men
For anyone familiar with the racial or gender pay gaps, it ought to be a familiar statistic: a typical Black woman will make 62 cents for every dollar a white man makes. That gap has necessitated its own awareness day: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, set to take place this year on Aug. 13. The…
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Black Girls Most Harshly Disciplined Over School Dress Codes, Study Finds
We all know that black girls are disciplined more harshly for the same infractions as their white peers in schools (and life), but a new study shows that part of this disparity is linked to school-uniform policies. The National Women’s Law Center recently looked at school dress codes in Washington, D.C., and found that black…
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Report: Black Girls 5 Times More Likely to Be Suspended From School Than White Girls
Black girls do not present more frequent or serious discipline problems. They are not slower learners; nor do they struggle academically more than any other student. But according to a new report from the National Women’s Law Center, black girls are twice as likely as any other student to be suspended, and 5.5 times more…