Asset Value of Whiteness: Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap

Amy Traub, Laura Sullivan, Tatjana Meschede, & Tom Shapiro Demos April 23, 2020

Summary

This paper explores popular explanations for the racial wealth gap and their data driven legitimacy in wealth talk in the US. Researching historic injustices and current economic inequalities provides this report with specific tactics that must be used to better enable families to handle current economic situations as well as invest in the future.

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