Top tennis star Serena Williams has called on black women to step up their demands for equal pay. Her comments were published to highlight black women's equal pay day. In her article, she said that black women in the US were affected much more by gender discrimination than white women. Black women earn only 63 cents for every dollar a man earns and black women earn 17% less than white female counterparts, she wrote. To some eyes, it might appear incongruous that one of the world's richest women - she reportedly earned $27m last year - should be raising a standard for equal pay for poorer black women.

Source: The Star August 01, 2017 14:48 UTC