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    The Wealth of Two Nations: The U.S. Racial Wealth Gap, 1860 - 2020

    The racial wealth gap is the largest of the economic disparities between Black and white Americans, and one of the most persistent.
    by Moritz Schularick, Moritz Kuhn, Ellora Derenoncourt, Chi Hyun Kim via National Bureau Of Economic Research on June 15, 2022

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What We Miss When We Talk About the Racial Wealth Gap

Six decades of civil-rights efforts haven’t budged the racial wealth gap, and the usual prescriptions—including reparations—offer no lasting solutions.
by Idrees Kahloon via The New Yorker on July 28, 2025
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