Largely as a result of affirmative action,women and minorities receive comparable pay and benefits to white males.

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According to U.S. Census Bureau data, while women are paid 77 cents for every dollar paid to men, on average, for African-American women, it is 70 cents for every dollar paid to men, and only 64 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. That is $18,817 less per year. Latina women receive only 55 cents per dollar that non-Hispanic white males make, or $23, 298 less per year than non-Hispanic white men. In 2008, blacks were making about $.62 for every dollar whites made. In 2007, it was $.60. In the mid-1970s it had narrowed to about $.50 on the dollar.

Largely as a Result of Affirmative Action,women and Minorities Receive