Ieisha Franceis wakes up at 4 a.m. every morning and isn't able to put her head down to bed until 11 p.m. that day.
She works at a Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers in North Carolina. She doesn't own a car and relies on a two hour bus commute to work every day, only after she prepares her 12-year-old son for school.
Franceis works eight hour days earning $12 an hour. That often means having to make decisions about what bills she can pay this month, and what bills she can put off till the next.
Her reality is one of millions of Black people and women of color experience in the workplace across the country.
"At some point, something has got to give," Franceis told Insider. "The cost of living has got to equal out. You cannot expect people to pay $1,100 and $1,200 and $3,000 dollars in rent … Plus pay electric bills, gas bills, water bills, whatever bills they may have. And by making what? Making $10 an hour? $11? $7.25? $8? How is anybody supposed to live?"
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