Being Black, Living in the Red Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America, 10th Anniversary Edition, with a New Afterword

Name: Being Black, Living in the Red Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America, 10th Anniversary Edition, with a New Afterword
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ISBN: 9780520261303

ISBN-10: 0520261305

ISBN-13: 9780520261303

Edition: 10th 2009 (Anniversary)

Authors: Dalton Conley

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Being Black, Living in the Reddemonstrates that many differences between blacks and whites stem not from race but from economic inequalities that have accumulated over the course of American history. Property ownership--as measured by net worth--reflects this legacy of economic oppression. The racial discrepancy in wealth holdings leads to advantages for whites in the form of better schools, more desirable residences, higher wages, and more opportunities to save, invest, and thereby further their economic advantages. A new afterword by the author summarizes Conley's recent research on racial differences in wealth mobility and security and discusses potential policy solutions to the racial…

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List price: $25.00
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/10/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Wealth Matters



Forty Acres and a Mule: Historical and Contemporary Obstacles to Black Property Accumulation



From Financial to Social to Human Capital: Assets and Education



Up the Down Escalator: Wealth, Work, and Wages



It Takes a Village? Premarital Childbearing and Welfare Dependency



Getting into the Black: Conclusions and Policy Implications


Afterword: Living in the Red, a Decade Later


Appendix


Notes


Index