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Cassandra Welchlin, executive director of the Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable, says Mississippi still ranks at or near the worst in pay inequality for women compared to white men. That gap is even worse for Black women in the workforce. Mississippi’s male-dominated Legislature has been loath to address the disparity in any meaningful way.
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