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Thomas M. Shapiro
Hidden Cost of Being African American [PDF ebook]
How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality

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Thomas Shapiro reveals how the lack of family assets–inheritance, home equity, stocks, bonds, savings accounts, and other investments– along with continuing racial discrimination in crucial areas like homeownership dramatically impact the everyday lives of many black families, reversing gains earned in schools and on jobs, and perpetuating the cycle of poverty in which far too many find themselves trapped.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9780198034544 ● Publisher Oxford University Press ● Published 2004 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2279484 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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