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The racial wealth gap has only increased since the civil rights movement in America (1960s). There never was anything dramatic enough done by the government to
by pcbro141 8y ago
The racial wealth gap has only increased since the civil rights movement in America (1960s). There never was anything dramatic enough done by the government to bring living standards up to par for black Americans after slavery and Jim Crow.
- ams6110 8y agoIt's not a problem the government can fix, that much should be clear by now. Trillions of dollars have been spent on fighting poverty. It hasn't worked.
- rtkwe 8y agoPoverty programs aren't aimed and aren't large enough to deal with the issue. Just lifting someone up enough to get them above the poverty line isn't the going to address the problem that their parents and their grandparents were systematically locked out of education, employment, and housing markets. That kind of wealth builds year on year and generation on generation and the gap will take longer to erase.