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The wage gap is real and stubbornly persistent, especially for Black women. A study by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), titled “The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap,” finds that the national earnings ratio for all American women is 80 percent. But data from AAUW, the U.S. Census Bureau and elsewhere indicates that on average, Black women were paid 63 cents—or 63 percent —of what White men were paid in 2017.