White and Black Household Net Worth Most Unequal in 25 Years
by Peter Graham on Dec 13, 2014 | Views: 364 | Score: 6
Median Net Worth by household in 2013, by race | |
---|---|
White | 141900 |
All Households | 81400 |
Hispanic | 13700 |
Black | 11000 |
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Sources:
pewresearch.org
Along with any real lasting change in race relations in the United States must come a significant reevaluation of our stance towards social benefits and income redistribution. The 'private right to racism' was just only ended in 1964 with LBJ's Civil Rights Act. Why should we expect the larger social and economic order just 50 years later to be suddenly colorblind?