Income inequality: Its effects on African American single mothers and their children. I believe it is not fair that single mothers are paid less, when some of them are the backbone of this country. Currently, the minimum wage in the United States is set at $8 per hour. In general, women are only paid 77%, so it is appropriate to assume that through math, women achieve a salary of up to $6.16. African American women receive only 64% of every dollar earned by a man. If the minimum wage is only $8 per hour, we find that African American women only receive a maximum wage of $5.12 per hour. Income inequality is not fair to mothers who have children to raise alone. Single mothers have no spouse or other fixed income to support them. 4.1 million households worldwide are comprised of single mothers, and of those 4.1 million, 72 percent of all black children worldwide are raised in households with a single mother. Wage inequality has a huge effect on single mothers, especially African American women. This social issue goes hand in hand with women's equality and women's right to vote. “In 1963, women earned only 59% of what a man earned; in the early 1960s, job postings were classified by gender” (“Everything You Need to Know About the Equal Pay Act” 3). Yet citizens of the United States and other countries still get paid less because of their gender, age and ethnicity. When it comes to weather discrimination, it's because of age, gender, ethnicity, or any other reason. I firmly believe that unequal pay is not fair to African American women and their children. Most single mothers do not have any other fixed income or financial means to help them raise their children on their own. Having grown up watching different women in my family, I'm familiar with...... middle of paper ...... things are accentuated by the future because they only get harder and harder . Single-parent homes ensure clear communication between parent and child. Communication is something that must be developed between one person and another. This really helps because it allows children to get used to being told no. It also makes children think of other ways to compromise using their mouths instead of ending in violence. This allows for clear understanding between two people. In editor Carl E. Pickhardt, PhD's article "Why Single Parents Can Raise Teenagers Well," he writes: "With lots to say and less time to talk, busyness brings single parents to speak directly and directly, without hesitating to express oneself. when difficult issues need to be addressed, and treat conflict not as a challenge to their authority, but as a topic for discussion. (Pickhardt 6).