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.@JamalSimmons pls stop being a Clinton-Obama apologist and have @profwolff @thomasfrank_ @RBReich @SandyDarity @DarrickHamilton on his show ASAP. Wages have been STAGNANT. The dotcom boom BUSTED. NAFTA outsourced manufacturing & living wage jobs. The #RacialWealthGap persists.
.@NLIHC Aug 2013 Report Shows African Americans Lost HALF Their Wealth Due to Housing Crisis and Unemployment
nlihc.org/resource/repor…
.@guardian Sep 2017 Median wealth of black Americans 'will fall to ZERO by 2053', warns new report by @Jamiles

Study predicts huge and growing gulf between white US households and everyone else could be disastrous for future of America’s middle class
theguardian.com/inequality/201…
.@thenation Aug 2016 The Average Black Family Would Need 228 YEARS to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today by @JoshuaHol cc @IPS_DC @DedrickM @JoshHoxie @Chuck99to1

Just as past public policies created the racial wealth gap, current policy widens it.
thenation.com/article/the-av…
7 out of 10 Blacks BORN middle class slip into poor/wkg class.

@TheAtlantic Jan 2015 How Black Middle-Class Kids Become Poor Adults by @gillianbwhite

Once they've grown up, AfAm children are more likely ... to backslide into a lower economic group.
theatlantic.com/business/archi…
.@PolitiFact: @BernieSanders says over HALF of black workers earn LESS than $15 an hour by @loujacobson cc @NelpNews
politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
.@mySA Feb 2018 Report: NO progress for African Americans on homeownership, unemployment and incarceration in 50 YEARS by @TracyJan #KernerCommission
mysanantonio.com/news/article/R…
.@theintercept Dec 2017 NEW REPORT LOOKS AT HOW OBAMA’S HOUSING POLICIES DESTROYED BLACK WEALTH by @ZaidJilani cc @MattBruenig @ryanlcooper
theintercept.com/2017/12/08/bar…
.@Forbes Dec 2012 How Home Ownership Keeps Blacks Poorer Than Whites by @DorothyABrown
forbes.com/sites/forbesle…
.@blackvoices Oct 2013 1 In 3 Black Males Will Go To Prison In Their Lifetime, Report Warns by @sakiknafo1
huffpost.com/entry/racial-d…
.@Forbes Sep 2017 Racial Wealth Inequality In The U.S. Is Rampant [Infographic] by @uisceglas
forbes.com/sites/niallmcc…
.@InsightCCED Apr 2015 Umbrellas Don’t Make it Rain: Why Studying and Working Hard Isn’t Enough for Black Americans by @DarrickHamilton @SandyDarity @AnnePriceICCED Vishnu Sridharan and Rebecca Tippett
insightcced.org/wp-content/upl…
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