These past few weeks of heightened activism highlights that our nation is waking up to the injustices that our communities have faced for decades. Every person with common sense can acknowledge the rawness of the abuse people of color experience in this country, from the ongoing indignities to the extreme violence, like the horrendous killing […]
Tag: racial economics
The Black-White Wealth Gap in America
The black-white wealth gap in the United States is a system of economic control that white elites historically devised to keep African Americans in a second-class economic status. This gap, which, nowadays, consists of a sixteen times discrepancy between the median wealth of white and black households, is driven by four key factors: homeownership and […]