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