Employers paid black women less than white women for identical work.

Evidence

In racially segregated work situations black women workers were usually paid a lower wage then white women workers. As there was little if any association between the two groups, black women did not always know of the disparity between their salaries and those of white women. Workers for the New York City study found that most employers refused to pay black women workers as much as white women for doing the same job. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 397

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Workplace wage discrimination against black women took three distinct structural forms. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 399; White women entered the work force later but advanced faster than black women — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 432; Women’s equal work earned half men’s wages across Western countries.

Related

• Workplace wage discrimination against black women took three distinct structural forms. (similarity 0.91)
• Women’s equal work earned half men’s wages across Western countries. (similarity 0.86)
• White women entered the work force later but advanced faster than black women (similarity 0.85)
• Black women’s employment is framed as harming black men, unlike white women’s (similarity 0.79)
• Black women wage-earners faced assault from both white and black men. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Workplace wage discrimination against black women took three distinct structural forms. #expands (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 399
• White women entered the work force later but advanced faster than black women #expands (0.55) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 432