The Equality of Opportunity Project unveiled a huge new study on race and economic inequality today. And The New York Times did a big interactive explanation of it.
Here’s the non-technical executive summary.
Here’s a Washington Post story about it.
Forget Wealth And Neighborhood. The Racial Income Gap Persists is from NPR.
Here are some useful tweets:
These maps…bootstraps will not fix structural racism. Positive attitudes will not fix structural racism. Working hard does not fix structural racism. Self discipline will not fix structural racism. pic.twitter.com/afVdwxPgfF
— Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) March 19, 2018
Another policy takeaway: Promoting marriage will not solve this inequality. Black boys with two parents at home still fare worse than white boys with a single mother who earns *less*.
— Emily Badger (@emilymbadger) March 19, 2018
The incarceration data in this study is staggering. Sons of black millionaires were as likely to be incarcerated during the 2010 census as sons of white families earning about $36,000. pic.twitter.com/miek6O1LVN
— Emily Badger (@emilymbadger) March 19, 2018
That doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t pursue mobility strategies. But we have to be conscious that moving kids to opportunity doesn’t mean they can easily access it.
— Emily Badger (@emilymbadger) March 19, 2018
One of the most startling findings to me was the perfect parallel between these two lines. The adult income gap between black + white men holds whether they grow up poor, rich or anywhere in between. pic.twitter.com/WyXKQ0z2vO
— Emily Badger (@emilymbadger) March 19, 2018
Wow! No Black-White income gap for females from similar homes. Credible evidence that the Black-White income gap for males (from similar homes) is not due to genes. pic.twitter.com/V6x62dNAzh
— C. Kirabo Jackson (@KiraboJackson) March 19, 2018
Vox also just came out with a good text explanation: The massive new study on race and economic mobility in America, explained
Race, not just poverty, shapes who graduates in America — and other education lessons from a big new study is by Matt Barnum.
We (by which I mean @KevinQ) made more charts comparing income mobility for girls, Asian Americans and other groups. There's also a tool here for you to make your own chart — pick the categories and watch what it means to grow up in America: https://t.co/IJFc0SjfAL
— Claire Cain Miller (@clairecm) March 27, 2018
New research on social mobility is incomplete. Let’s shift the scrutiny from the plight of black people to the privilege of white people. We must end the policing of black love and marriage. https://t.co/x2oqjGgCMl via @BrookingsInst #diversity
— Andre Perry (@andreperryedu) March 27, 2018
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