So much of the response to the protests has been grounded in the idea of 'protecting property.' But what does that mean to the large and growing share of Americans who effectively own no property (in the sense of wealth or capital), and who never will? washingtonpost.com/business/2020/… 
In 1983, 15 percent of American families had zero or negative net worth. As of 2016, that share had risen to 21 percent. One in five households. Tens of millions of people.
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And that's just among the general population. 37 percent of black families have zero or negative net worth. Among families headed by someone under age 35, the share is the same. Incidentally, those are the core protest demographics. washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
