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By Natelegé Whaley
All told, the pay gap means black women earn an average of $870,000 less over the course of their careers — a tremendous long-term impact, especially for black women with families. More than 80% of black women are household breadwinners and 60% are raising children on their own, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.