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An MLK Day Reflection: The Racial Wealth Gap Is Killing the Middle Class

An MLK Day Reflection: The Racial Wealth Gap Is Killing the Middle Class

Jan 21, 2019

Ninety years out from Dr. King’s birth, the typical white family had 41 times more wealth than the typical Black family

Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett Are Wealthier Than The Bottom Half of the Country Combined

Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett Are Wealthier Than The Bottom Half of the Country Combined

Nov 15, 2017

That’s three people versus about 160 million people.

Black and Latino Families Will Be Broke in a Few Decades if We Don’t Fix the Wealth Divide

Black and Latino Families Will Be Broke in a Few Decades if We Don’t Fix the Wealth Divide

Sep 28, 2017

New research shows that if the growing racial wealth divide is left unchecked, median Black and Latino families will become penniless within a few decades. It doesn’t have to be this way. 

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