{"id":1452,"date":"2005-04-03T00:01:05","date_gmt":"2005-04-03T08:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/04\/03\/white-women-earn-more-than-black-women-still\/"},"modified":"2005-04-03T00:01:05","modified_gmt":"2005-04-03T08:01:05","slug":"white-women-earn-more-than-black-women-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1452","title":{"rendered":"White Women Earn More than Black Women. (Still)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This AP story<\/a> shot around a bit early this week:<\/p>\n

White women with BA’s lag in pay, census finds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Washington – Black and Asian women with bachelor’s degrees earn slightly more than similarly educated white women, and white men with four-year degrees make more than anyone else.<\/p>\n

A white woman with a bachelor’s degree typically earned nearly $37,800 in 2003, compared with nearly $43,700 for a college-educated Asian woman and $41,100 for a college-educated black woman, according to figures being released today by the Census Bureau. Hispanic women took home slightly less at $37,600 a year[….]<\/p>\n

A white male with a college diploma earns far more than any similarly educated man or woman – in excess of $66,000 a year, according to the Census Bureau. Among men with bachelor’s degrees, Asians earned more than $52,000 a year, Hispanics earned $49,000 and blacks earned more than $45,000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This story was actually better than some, because it didn’t bury the fact that regardless of race, women as a group earn far less than men.<\/p>\n

So why are black women and Asian women with degrees earning more annually than white women? As far as I can tell, it’s because white women, on average, are more likely to be part-time workers. As Tiffany at Blackfeminism.org<\/a> pointed out, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research took a closer look at the data<\/a>. They found that when the comparison was limited to only those women who work full-time, year-round, the “white disadvantage” disappeared:<\/p>\n

According to recently released 2004 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, African American women working full-time, full-year earn $26,992 in median annual earnings, compared with $32,036 earned by comparable white women workers.<\/p>\n

Among those with a bachelor’s degree alone, African American women earn $38,160 compared with $40,700 earned by comparable white women. African American women are also less likely than white women to hold bachelor’s degrees or higher, with only 16.7 percent of African American women holding bachelor’s degrees in 2004, compared with 24.6 percent of white women. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Asian American women, in contrast, earned more than white women even when comparing year-round, full-time workers. This may possibly reflect higher average educational attainment among Asian American women than white women. However, Asian American women – like Latinas, Black women, and American Indian women – are more likely to live in poverty than white women. And in turn, white women are more likely to live in poverty than white men.<\/p>\n

I’ve already seen some anti-feminists argue that the same thing is true of the wage gap between men and women – that is, the reason women appear to earn less is that men work more hours than women. It’s true that men work more hours; however, the wage gap is much larger than can be accounted for just by the difference in work hours. More here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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