Many people may assume that an employee who graduated from a top college deserves higher pay than one who graduated from a lesser-known institution, or did not complete or even attend college. Yet given what we now understand about disparities in educational attainment, as I illuminated in previous chapters, it is time to let go of that harmful assumption. Tying pay to the educational institution that a person attended is just another way of perpetuating a racist system where white men are paid more than women of color. In fact, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, Black
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