Women of color are the bedrock on which our community stands, especially as entrepreneurs.
They often start their own business because the traditional workplace is not set up to accommodate women who are often caregivers with a non-standard schedule. Many women of color also go into business because they are tired of the gender pay gap. While white women in California earn 79 cents for every $1 earned by white men, black women only get 59 cents. And many black women entrepreneurs want to avoid unaddressed microaggressions that our society too often accepts in workplaces.
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