A policymaker assumes that it is better if mothers of young children are not employed because employment is seen as competing with notions of good mothering. However, African American women have a long history of working for pay, and earning income is often a central part of mothering among black women. This illustrates the issue of intersectionality because black women's daily experiences are often not captured by white masculine understandings of the world. the gender wage gap is much larger between black women and men than between white women and men. white mothers are the only ones who struggle with work-family conflict. O women are very focused on the quality of their mothering, regardless of race- ethnicity.