it’s particularly destructive to anyone who starts out low wage. In other words, anyone who starts as the working poor. I'm firmly of the belief that poverty i

it’s particularly destructive to anyone who starts out low wage. In other words, anyone who starts as the working poor. I'm firmly of the belief that poverty is intersectional to the discrimination of women and non-white people in the USA. The data bears this out. Salary data about these demographics suggest that women make about 60-80% of what a man is paid for similar work. People of color - particularly Black men - are in a similar position. This is certainly not an issue solely confined to the working poor, either. It transcends class boundaries. It just happens to impact low income women and POCs more severely because it means they're batting from behind on two fronts instead of just one.