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>>> WHITE
>>> WHITE FAMILIES ARE MAKING MORE ON AVERAGE IN TAMPA BAY
THAN BLACK FAMILIES.4@
RIGHT BE UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT IT
IS A FACT, WE HAVE UNCOVERED
THE WAGE GAP AND IT IS WIDE, 10
INVESTIGATES COURTNEY ROBINSON4
LOOKS INTO HOW THE PANDEMIC IS
PUSHING THAT GAP EVEN FARTHER
APART.4@4@
APART.4@4@ >> Reporter: THE CALLS FOR
EQUALITY ARE DEAFENING, THE
REALITIES OF INEQUALITY ARE EYE-
OPENING.
OPENING.
OPENING. >> IT IS SHOCKING THAT AT THIS
POINT 4@IN TIME, THAT IS STILL
THE CASE.
THE CASE.
THE CASE. THAT IS WHAT IS SHOCKING.
>> Reporter: 4@THE WAGE GAP4@4@
BETWEEN BLACK PEOPLE AND WHITE
PEOPLE, HE IS AN ECONOMIC 4@
HISTORIA4@N AND TEACHES AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
>> IT IS AN ISSUE THAT IS
EXTREMELY ALIVE.
EXTREMELY ALIVE. >> Reporter: HE BELIEVES
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS IN
TAMPA BAY MAKE LESS.
4@ TO GET THE PR4@OOF, WE HAD TO G
BACK IN TIME AND GET ACCESS4@4@
THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU'S FIVE
YEAR AVERAGE FOR INCOME, 4@WE
FOUND IT IN THE AMERICAN
COMMUNITY SURVEY, FIVE YEARS OF
DATA, 2014 TO 2018, THOSE ARE
THE MOST RECENT YEARS
AVAILABLE.
AVAILABLE. >> IT IS AN HISTORICAL ISSUE,
THAT IS WHY I TALK ABOUT IT
CONSTANTLY LEAP.
CONSTANTLY LEAP. >> Reporter: HAVE TO MAKE4@ MOR
HALFWAY MAKE LESS, WE ARE IN
THE, LET'S LOOK AT RACE,4@ IN
TAMPA, WHITE HOUSEHOLDS MAKE
$59,390, 4@BLACK HOUSEHOLDS,
30,772, A DIFFERENCE OF MORE
THAN 284@ THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHA
ABOUT ST. PETE?4@
SAME SAD FACT, WHITE FAMILIES
EARNED A MEDIAN INCOME OF
$58,828, BLACK FAMILIES, 4@
$36,340,4@ MORE THAN $22,000 LE@
LOOK TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR
STATISTICS TO BREAK IT DOWN BY
THE HOUR AND FOUND THEY DON'T
DRILL DOWN A MEDIAN EQUAL
LEARNING BY RACE AT A LOCAL
LEVEL, WE LOOKED NATIONALLY, WE
FOUND THEY DO KEEP TRACK, EVERY
THREE MONTHS.4@
THREE MONTHS.4@ IN JUNE, WE SAW IN THE FIRST
QUARTER OF 2020, WHITE AMERICANS
NEED $204 MORE A WEEK THAN
BLACK AMERICANS, WE CAME BACK
IN AUGUST TO LOOK AT THE SECOND
QUARTER, TO SEE HOW 4@THE PANDE@
IMPACTED IT, GOOD NEWS, THE
EARNINGS WERE UP, WHITE
AMERICANS MADE $1018 A WEEK,
BAD NEWS, BLACK AMERICANS STILL
MADE LESS,4@ $806, 4@A DIFFEREN
OF $212, SIMPLE MATH 4@TELLS US
AT THIS RATE, THAT IS A
WHOPPING $11,024 LESS PER YEAR.
>> A WAGE CAP4@, BECAUSE OF
DISCRIMINATION, BUT MAYBE NOT
BECAUSE OF DISCRIMINATION THAT
HAS HAPPENED RIGHT NOW IN 4@THE
MARKETPLACE IN THE 4@LABOR MARK@
>> Reporter: CORRECTING WHAT
STARTED WITH SLAVERY, THEN JIM
CROW LAWS, REDLINING, DENYING
MORE JUDGES IS AND GOOD SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND SO MUCH MORE CAN
TAKE HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO
CORRECT.
CORRECT.
CORRECT. >> HISTORY ISN'T OVER, JUST 4@
BECAUSE YOU CHANGE A LAW OR
CHANGE SOMETHING TODAY, THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THE PAST IS GOING
TO FADE AWAY.
>> Reporter: WHAT CAN WE DO
NOW?
NOW?
NOW? >>
NOW? >> HELP THESE COMMUNITIES AND
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PRIMARY
EDUCATION IN 4@THESE COMMUNITIE
THERE IS A CERTAIN AIDE 4@THAT
NEEDS TO BE SENT TO THESE
FAMILIES TODAY, IF THEY
ACTUALLY BELIEVE, THEY THINK
4@ THERE IS A PROBLEM TO SOLVE.
>> Reporter: ARE USING PEOPLE
DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A 4@
PROBLEM?
PROBLEM?
PROBLEM? >> THIS SHOULDN'T EVEN BE
CONTROVERSIA4@L.
CONTROVERSIA4@L. >> Reporter: WITH HISTORY AS AN
INDICATION, THIS PANDEMIC IS 4@
ONLY GOING TO MAKE THINGS
WORSE.
WORSE.
WORSE. >>
WORSE. >> THERE IS A HISTORICAL DRAMA
THAT HAS LED THIS SECTOR OF
AMERICAN SOCIETY, 4@THIS PART O
AMERICAN SOCIETY, 4@TO BE4@ 4@
UNDERPRIVILEGED, THEY DID NOT
HAVE WEALTH, THEY DID NOT HAVE
SAVINGS WHEN THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN, THEY ARE SUFFERING MORE.
A LOT OF THESE JOBS AS WELL
MAKE ACTUALLY NOT COME BACK.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT HAS
TO TAKE ACTION AND WE ALL HAVE
TO PUSH4@4@ FOR CHANGE, 4@WE AR
LISTENING.
LISTENING. 10 INVESTIGATES HAS BEEN
REACHING OUT TO LAWMAKERS WITH
THE STORY, OUR GOAL IS TO FIND
OUT WHAT ACTIONS THEY ARE
TAKING TO MAKE SURE THE WAGE
GAP DOES NOT EXPAND AND STARTS
TO STRING DAILY.
>> OUR 10 INVESTIGATES TEAM4@4@
ALSO BROKE DOWN THE MEDIAN
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES FOR EACH OF
OUR COUNTIES, YOU CAN CHECK
THAT OUT IN THE STORY ON
10TAMPABAY.COM, THEY 4@ALSO
LOOKED AT UNEMPLOYMENT IN OUR
STATE, LET'S TAKE A DEEPER DIVE
INTO WHAT THEY FOUND,4@ MOST
RECENT INFO4@ IS FROM THE LAST
TH4@REE MONTHS OF 2019, THIS IS
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC,
NATIONALLY, BLACK WORKERS HAVE
THE HIGHEST AND IMPLEMENT RATE,
5.7%, THE AND IMPLEMENT RATE
FOR BLACK WORKERS IN FLORIDA
WAS EVEN HIGHER, FLORIDA'S
OVERALL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS
3.1%, AS OF JULY, IT