Income Inequality and the Persistence of Racial Economic Disparities

More than 50 years after the Civil Rights Act, black–white family income disparities in the United States remain almost exactly the same as what they were in 1968. This article argues that a key and underappreciated driver of the racial income gap has been the national trend of rising income inequal...

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Main Author: Robert Manduca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Sociological Science 2018-03-01
Series:Sociological Science
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Online Access:https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v5-8-182/