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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The New Mexico Independent - Latest Comments in Red or green? How &amp;#8217;bout blue?</title><link>http://nmindependent.disqus.com/</link><description></description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 16:15:06 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Red or green? How &amp;#8217;bout blue?</title><link>http://70.32.121.217/1415/red-or-green-how-bout-blue#comment-2501648</link><description>Nora,&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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."</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dtessier</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 16:15:06 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Red or green? How &amp;#8217;bout blue?</title><link>http://70.32.121.217/1415/red-or-green-how-bout-blue#comment-2501649</link><description>Are the numbers for minority women compared to men of the same minority or men as a whole?</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">nora</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 07:25:23 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>