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African Americans Economic conditions African Americans Economic conditions 21st century HISTORY / African American POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights Race discrimination Economic aspects Race discrimination Economic aspects United States Social justice SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity United StatesCurrie, Elliott
Summary: "In the United States today, a young black man has a sixteen times greater chance of dying from violence than his white counterpart. Violence takes more years of life from black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined. Even black women are more affected by violence than white men, despite its usual gender patterns. These disparities translate into starkly divergent experiences of life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2020
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Summary: "In the last few decades, any hope of economic progress for black Americans has been slowly and steadily undermined. This quiet crisis was only exacerbated by the recession, which cut black households' wealth by over 30 percent. Black millennials watched their parents try to play by the rules, buying homes and aspiring to the trappings of middle-class life, only to sink deeper and deeper into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019