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Over the past three decades, racial prejudice in America has declined significantly and many African American families have seen a steady rise in employment and annual income. But alongside these encouraging signs, Thomas Shapiro argues in The Hidden Cost of Being African American, fundamental levels of racial inequality persist, particularly…
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I devoured this book in three days. I found it after a Google search on “wealth inequality.” I was trying to get smarter on the topic. This is a data-rich explanation of much of what I’ve experienced growing up Black in America. I’d often hear parents, aunts, and uncles talk about the “black tax.” Here, Shapiro was providing the receipts.
I was also struck by the fact that a Black person did not write the book, but simply someone who was trying to understand and reveal the crux of the issue. I felt seen when I read his reframing of…
From Cliff's list on hard truths why Black wealth is behind in America.
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