Kirsten Gillibrand: “African American women earn 69 cents on the dollar. Latinas…”

“But still to this day, men are out earning women in wages for the exact same work. On average, a woman earns 77 cents on every dollar a man earns, and even less for women of color. African American women earn 69 cents on the dollar. Latinas earn 58 cents on the dollar. It has to change. How can any two income family or a family where the mother is the sole breadwinner get ahead if they are shortchanged every month?” (24:30–24:37)

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