When it comes to economic gaps between whites and communities of color in the United
States, income inequality tells part of the story. But let's not forget about wealth. Wealth isn't …

For every dollar owned by the average white family in the United States, the average family
of color has less than a dime. Why do people of color have so little wealth? The Color of …

Growing concerns about wealth inequality and the expanding racial wealth gap have in
recent years become central to the debate over whether our nation is on a sustainable …

Description: No metric more powerfully captures the persistence and growth of economic
inequality along racial and ethnic lines than the racial wealth gap. The median white …

The racial wealth gap is the largest of the economic disparities between Black and white
Americans, with a white-to-Black per capita wealth ratio of 6 to 1. It is also among the most …

How wealth inequality has changed in the US since the Great Recession, by race, ethnicity and
income | Policy Commons Skip to main content Policy Commons Organizations Publications …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As the United States rapidly becomes both a more diverse and
unequal nation, policymakers face the urgent challenge of confronting growing wealth gaps …

Wealth is a crucially important measure of economic health. Wealth allows families to
transfer income earned in the past to meet spending demands in the future, such as by …

Using data from the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, this research examines competing
and complementary cultural and structural explanations of the sources of racial differences …

The award-winning Black Wealth/White Wealth offers a powerful portrait of racial inequality
based on an analysis of private wealth. Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro's groundbreaking …