The Racial Wealth Divide - 27:55
The Country’s Racial Wealth Divide
with
Dedrick Asante-Muhammed, Director of the Racial
Wealth Divide Initiative at the Corporation for Enterprise
Development
Racial and economic
inequality are the most pressing social issues of our time. In the last
decade, we have seen the catastrophic economic impact of the Great Recession
and an ensuing recovery that has bypassed millions of Americans,
especially
households of color. A new report looks at the country’s racial wealth gap,
finding that if current public policies stay the same, it will take more than
two centuries for black families to accumulate the same amount of wealth
that white families have today. For the average Latino family, it’ll take
84 years. Building Bridges will focus on the essential role that wealth
plays in achieving financial
security and opportunity.
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