Dedrick Asante-Muhammad has been a long time thought leader focused on racial economic inequality. He started his work as the first Racial Wealth Divide Coordinator at United For A Fair Economy. He then went on to work with Chuck Collins at Institute for Policy Studies Inequality and Common Good Program. Dedrick then went on to become the Senior Director of the Economic Department for the NAACP and currently is the Chief of Race, Wealth and Community for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.

Dedrick has also worked for Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, multi-cultural centers and Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.

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Both the United States and South Africa, despite black leadership and multicultural societies, still labor under the legacy of segregation and inequality.

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Dedrick Muhammad gives a presentation on Black History Month.

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This year, we need to recognize that the government, not the private sector, is the best tool for job creation.

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The economic crisis is still on the rise for millions of Americans, while at the same time the social safety net is failing to support many of them.

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Left out of the commentary on race and class over the Gates affair has been talk of the increasing impoverishment — or, we should say, re-impoverishment — of African Americans as a group.

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White Recession, Black Depression

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State of the Dream 2009

Dedrick Muhammad and the Institute for Policy Studies have once again partnered with United For A Fair Economy for the “State of the Dream 2009: The Silent Depression.”

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