- A nationally representative sample of adults found that Americans vastly underestimate racial economic inequality, especially the racial wealth gap. Respondents thought that the Black–White wealth gap was smaller, by around 40 percentage points in 1963 and around 80 percentage points in 2016. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691619863049 30 comments science
Linking pages
- From the Magazine: ‘It Is Time for Reparations’ - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/24/magazine/reparations-slavery.html 35 comments
- Study: Racism shortens lives and hurts health of blacks by promoting genes that lead to inflammation and illness https://theconversation.com/study-racism-shortens-lives-and-hurts-health-of-blacks-by-promoting-genes-that-lead-to-inflammation-and-illness-122027 15 comments
- The simplest, most revolutionary approach to ending poverty - Vox https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22973042/georgia-cash-transfers-racial-wealth-gap-martin-luther-king-jr 12 comments