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Delusion and Denial Don't Make Sound Opinionnew
America's greatest economic divide remains the gulf between the wealth of black families and white families. Between 1983 and 2007, that racial wealth gap more than quadrupled, according to a recent study from Brandeis University. At the bottom of the economic pyramid, at least 25 percent of black families in 2007 possessed no financial assets whatsoever to see themselves through the economic storm. And that storm struck in 2008.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
12-08-2011 |
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Tags: economic divide, racial wealth gap
