The hidden cost of being African American :: how wealth perpetuates inequality /

Over the past three decades, racial prejudice in America has declined significantly and many African American families have seen a steady rise in employment and annual income. But alongside these encouraging signs, Thomas Shapiro argues in The Hidden Cost of Being African American, fundamental level...

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1. Verfasser: Shapiro, Thomas M.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Schriftenreihe:OUP E-Books.
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Zusammenfassung:Over the past three decades, racial prejudice in America has declined significantly and many African American families have seen a steady rise in employment and annual income. But alongside these encouraging signs, Thomas Shapiro argues in The Hidden Cost of Being African American, fundamental levels of racial inequality persist, particularly in the area of asset accumulation--inheritance, savings accounts, stocks, bonds, home equity, and other investments-. Shapiro reveals how the lack of these family assets along with continuing racial discrimination in crucial areas like homeownership drama.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 238 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index.
ISBN:9780198034544
0198034547
0195303237
9780195303230
9786610482351
6610482357
9780195151473
019515147X
9780199839650
0199839654

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