racial disparities in wealth
We aren’t supposed to imply that the Founders (slaveholders) weren’t always paragons of virtue
LONDON – In 2022, the Prince and Princess of Wales (you know them as William and Kate) toured the Commonwealth countries of the Caribbean, former slave colonies. They made a bit of a mess. At one event the royal couple were supposed to meet a bunch of children, but found themselves separated from the kids […]
People of color shouldn’t have to obliterate their presence to receive fair home values
Another case of likely racial discrimination in housing appraisals has cropped up, this time in Baltimore. The New York Times recently reported a Black husband and wife first received an appraisal of $472,000. After they “whitewashed” their home – removing family photos and having a White colleague stand in for them as the “owner” – […]
Student debt fueling black-white wealth divide
The gap between black and white student debt is large and growing, according to a new paper from the Center for Demography and Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The paper, “Racial Disparities in Student Loan Debt and the Reproduction of The Fragile Black Middle Class” tackles the way in which “the burden of rising debt is […]