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Serena Williams has written a powerful essay calling for equal pay for black women
JULY 31, 2017 was ‘Black Women’s Equal Pay Day’ in the US.
And the date was chosen for a very specific reason:
The stat came from the Economic Policy Institute, and was marked yesterday by a host of people speaking out on the issue.
And perhaps the biggest name to weigh in was Serena Williams
She wrote an essay for Fortune Magazine outlining the problems of inequality in stark terms:
She continued with her personal insight into inequality she has faced:
Serena is fully aware of the privileged position she’s in now, and knows that yesterday wasn’t about her:
Some of the lines in the essay are powerful and instantly memorable:
And she calls on everyone to realise that it’s wrong:
The full essay is worth a read here, and the closing paragraph alone is getting attention online this morning
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