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We're still trying to convince people that US police aren't killing blacks more than whites, and that the gender wage gap is a myth. People will believe what's

• droopyEyelids 6y ago
  I mean, some of this stuff gets confusing. Here in Chicago we just had an episode where a white person was selling food by pushing around a little cooler like hispanic people typically do, and we all had to learn that only certain races can do certain types of jobs or else it's appropriation. The killings thing has to be judged _per capita_ or else you get the wrong answer, and that of course make sense but the way you phrased it, it's tricky. I think you have to remove the effects of childbearing, hours worked, and type of job to get the gender wage gap to show the real numbers, too. Life isn't simple.
  • klyrs 6y ago
    > I think you have to remove the effects of childbearing... The fact that childbearing is unpaid work is a significant part of the problem.
    • tomp 6y ago
      It's not unpaid in Europe. But regardless, that's a question of fairness and/or government's social policy. Not something that should be reflected in your wage (which is the exchange for productive work for your employer) or otherwise a responsibility of your employer.