By Serena Williams — 2017
Black women are 37 cents behind men in the pay gap—in other words, for every dollar a man makes, black women make 63 cents.
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When men harm women, we obscure their role. Instead, we blame women for the injustice that happens to them.
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Many Black womxn experience themselves as fraudulent or substandard. It's a lie.
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