New Study Shows Wealth Inequality Hits Communities of Color Hardest [yesmagazine.org]

Alicia Doktor 1/31/194:00 AM

The story of the growing inequality in the United States has many dimensions.

There is the overarching story of the last four decades of polarizing income, wealth, and opportunity. But the many ways these inequalities manifest depend on people’s gender, race, age, immigration status, and other experience.

One piece of the story is to understand how 40 years of public policies have worsened the racial wealth divide and enriched the top 1 percent.

[For more on this story by Chuck Collins, go to https://www.yesmagazine.org/ne...lor-hardest-20190129]

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