They love Black women's service until Black women ask what the service costs.

Nelson Mandela International Day asks people to honor 67 years of service with 67 minutes of action.

A beautiful idea, if service is not being used as a costume over exploitation. Three days before Black Women's Equal Pay Day, Equal Pay Today reported that Black women earn 65 cents for every dollar earned by non-Hispanic white men for full-time, year-round work, and 63 cents when all earners are counted.

So let us ask the impolite question:

When Black women serve families, offices, campaigns, churches, schools, hospitals, and entire movements, who serves them back? A world that praises service but refuses fair pay is not honoring sacrifice. It is shopping for a discount.