The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality
Thomas Shapiro reveals how the lack of family assets--inheritance, home equity, stocks, bonds, savings accounts, and other investments-- along with continuing racial discrimination in crucial areas like homeownership dramatically impact the everyday lives of many black families, reversing gains earned in schools and on jobs, and perpetuating the cycle of poverty in which far too many find themselves trapped.
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The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality
Thomas Shapiro reveals how the lack of family assets--inheritance, home equity, stocks, bonds, savings accounts, and other investments-- along with continuing racial discrimination in crucial areas like homeownership dramatically impact the everyday lives of many black families, reversing gains earned in schools and on jobs, and perpetuating the cycle of poverty in which far too many find themselves trapped.
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The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality
The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780199839650 |
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Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Publication date: | 02/05/2004 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 3 MB |
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