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Black Wealth, White Wealth:

A New Perspective on Racial Inequality ; [with 2 New Chapters]
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Routledge Chapman & Hall, 2006 - Social Science - 338 pages

The award-winning Black Wealth / White Wealth offers a powerful portrait of racial inequality based on an analysis of private wealth. Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro's groundbreaking research analyzes wealth - total assets and debts rather than income alone - to uncover deep and persistent racial inequality in America, and they show how public policies have failed to redress the problem.

First published in 1995, Black Wealth / White Wealth is considered a classic exploration of race and inequality. It provided, for the first time, systematic empirical evidence that explained the racial inequality gap between blacks and whites. The Tenth Anniversary edition contains two entirely new and substantive chapters. These chapters look at the continuing issues of wealth and inequality in America and the new policies that have been launched in the past ten years. Some have been progressive while others only recreate inequality - for example the proposal to eliminate the estate tax.

Compelling and also informative, Black Wealth / White Wealth is not just pioneering research. It is also a powerful counterpoint to arguments against affirmative action and a direct challenge to current social welfare policies that are tilted towards the wealthy.

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Review: Black Wealth/White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality

User Review  - Annette Harpole - Goodreads

Excellent book. Explained why Black people generally have struggled with wealth building/generational wealth building. Read full review

Review: Black Wealth/White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality

User Review  - Kathleen - Goodreads

5 stars for it's scholarly impact and importance--not quite a 5 star reading experience for someone like me, whose eyes start to glaze over when confronted with R^2s and tables of statistics. Either ... Read full review

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About the author (2006)

Melvin Oliver is Professor and Dean of Social Sciences, University of California-Santa Barbara.
Thomas Shapiro is Professor, Brandeis University.

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TitleBlack Wealth, White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality ; [with 2 New Chapters]
Race and ethnicity
AuthorsMelvin L. Oliver, Thomas M. Shapiro
Edition10, illustrated, annotated
PublisherRoutledge Chapman & Hall, 2006
ISBN0415951674, 9780415951678
Length338 pages
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Political Science / History & Theory
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Social Science / Sociology / General
  
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