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 < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > To leave, manage or join list: > https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1 > > To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1