On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:22 PM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:
> US 'racial wealth gap' increases by more than fourfoldA new study
> published in the United States has found the gap in wealth between
> white and black Americans more than quadrupled between 1984 and 2007.
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> The study says the gap reflects public policies that benefit the wealthiest
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> The Institute on Assets and Social Policy study reveals that even when
> African-Americans had a good education and well-paying jobs, they
> could not achieve the wealth of their white peers in the workforce.
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> Professor Thomas Shapiro, director of the Institute and author of the
> study, told the BBC he was shocked by its findings.
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> http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2010/05/100518_us_black_white_wealth_hs.shtml
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