5 Week 14

Due Sunday, November 27th, by midnight. Word count: 400 words. Please make sure everything is in your own words. If you paraphrase, make sure to include the proper citation.

In their report, “The Roots of the Widening Racial Wealth Gap,” Thomas Shapiro, Tatjana Meschede, and Sam Osoro (2013) provide information on what factors have fueled the racial wealth gap in the U.S. as well as note policy approaches that will “set our country in a more equitable and prosperous direction.” Briefly summarize the factors and findings mentioned in the report. Do you agree with the authors’s explanations for factors that have exacerbated a black-white economic divide in the US? Why or why not?