http://nmindependent.disqus.com/enThu, 22 May 2008 16:15:06 -0000http://newmexicoindependent.com/1415/red-or-green-how-bout-blue#comment-2501648<p>Nora,<br>Sorry to take so long to answer your question, but these are the U.S. figures for women's wages compared to men as a whole group.</p><p>According to the Southwest Women's Law Center report summary, the wage gap for minority women is even worse when compared to white men: In 2004 in New Mexico, Hispanic women earned 53 percent, Native American women earned 55 percent, and African American women earned 58 percent of what white men earned.</p><p>The report says,"The earnings gap for minority women AND men compared to white men is extremely high, but it is compounded for minority women."</p>dtessierThu, 22 May 2008 16:15:06 -0000http://newmexicoindependent.com/1415/red-or-green-how-bout-blue#comment-2501649<p>Are the numbers for minority women compared to men of the same minority or men as a whole?</p>noraSat, 03 May 2008 07:25:23 -0000