Gaps in the wage gap

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  <aside><em>Exploring ratios of wages across demographics (for now only race & sex as categorized on the Census) in order to get more nuance than common stats about how much American women earn compared to men.</em>
  <br />Click on any box to rescale to that group's wages.</aside>
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      text: 'Based on median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, 2014'
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