This article draws on extant research from the disciplines of psychology, sociology, and
economics to identify linkages between individual, family, community, and structural factors …

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 …

The racial wealth gap is large and shows no signs of closing. Recent data from the Survey of
Income and Program Participation (2014) shows that black households hold less than seven …

Mothering While Black examines the complex lives of the African American middle class—in
particular, black mothers and the strategies they use to raise their children to maintain class …

In recent decades, sociologists have generally avoided explicitly discussing the role of
culture in processes of social inequality. We argue that the prevailing disciplinary theory of …

Abstract Theory and limited research indicate that race and socioeconomic status (SES)
interact dynamically to shape children's developmental contexts and academic …

This article examines the mismatch between the political discourse around individual
agency, education, and financial literacy, and the actual racial wealth gap. The authors …

We study the consumption response to typical labor income shocks and investigate how
these vary by wealth and race. First, we estimate the elasticity of consumption with respect to …

Despite an enormous and persistent black-white wealth gap, the ascendant American
narrative is one that proclaims that our society has transcended the racial divide. The …

Despite the overwhelming evidence against them, many people still believe they can
overcome the economic and racial constraints placed upon them at birth. In the first edition …