Do you have Canadian stats  -- including other minority group/classes? I do
not know how US statistics compare to Canadian statistics, and that too not
limited to just " black and white" persons.

Thanks,
Mona



On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Alice Furumoto-Dawson <
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> 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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