Of course, it takes a Guardian *UK* news reporter to pick up on the Brandeis
U (MA) study.  The study's authors also said the true
gap is actually larger, because their study didn't include real estate &
home ownership.

And, just one of the ripple effects of such massive wealth inequality is
demonstrated in yesterday's (5/17) *Chicago Tribune* report
on the huge disparities in how city parks and playlots are maintained,
renovated, resourced and staffed, between black and white Chicago
neighborhoods.
Same as what "Play Across Boston" study w/ Harvard School of Public Health
researchers found 10 years ago, and on and on across America.

-- Alice Furumoto-Dawson, PhD/MPH
   Social Epidemiologist

A $95,000 question: why are whites five times richer than blacks in the US?

• Study finds gaping racial divide in household assets
• Economic policies blamed for growing inequality

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/17/white-people-95000-richer-black

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