Episode 94: The Economy of Racism

Yesterday was Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the day that signifies how long it would take for an African American woman to work in 2018 to equal the *2017* pay of a white male counterpart. I noted this day a year ago in Episode 41—and come back to it today in conversation with Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute.

And it isn’t just black workers facing racism: Hispanic workers face similar bias, which is what I discuss with Marie Mora, who is with the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley and co-author of a new EPI report.

Our Robber Baron of the week is the CEO of Kimberly Clark.

And special late breaking note: can I hear a round of cheering for the most important election result last night—the crushing defeat of the anti-union “right to work” Proposition A in Missouri, a state Trump won by 20 points.

 

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