The Black-white pay gap has not been closing
Mean average wages gap versus whites %
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
−18.0
−16.0
−14.0
−12.0
−10.0
−8.0
−6.0
−4.0
−2.0
0.0%
Black men
Black women
−3.8%
−18.4%