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Executive Summary
David Grusky, Charles Varner, and Marybeth Mattingly
Are our country’s policies for reducing racial and ethnic inequalities getting the job done? The simple answer: No.
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Employment
Michael Hout
Even after the recovery, 1 in 9 African Americans and 1 in 6 Hispanics fear a job loss within one year. Why?
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Poverty
Linda M. Burton, Marybeth Mattingly, Juan Pedroza, and Whitney Welsh
We remain two Americas: a high-poverty America for blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans, and a (relatively) low-poverty America for whites and Asians.
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Safety Net
Mark Duggan and Valerie Scimeca
The safety net, which is supposed to serve an equalizing function, sometimes works to exacerbate racial and ethnic inequalities within the low-income population.
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Housing
Matthew Desmond
Whereas 1 in 6 black and Hispanic households dedicate at least half of their income to housing costs, only 1 in 12 white households do. How did that happen?
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Education
Sean F. Reardon and Erin M. Fahle
Between 1990 and 2015, average academic performance improved for students of all racial and ethnic groups, but grew fastest among black and Hispanic students. The result: White-black and white-Hispanic achievement gaps declined by 15 to 25 percent.
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Incarceration
Becky Pettit and Bryan Sykes
Did you think that all that talk about criminal justice reform has brought about a sea change in racial inequalities in incarceration? Think again.
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Health
Rucker C. Johnson
We could reduce large and persistent racial gaps in health in one fell swoop. Find out how.
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Earnings
Colin Peterson, C. Matthew Snipp, and Sin Yi Cheung
Between 1970 and 2010, the earnings gap between whites and other groups has narrowed, but most of that decline was secured in the immediate aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Wealth
Thomas Shapiro
African-Americans have less than 8 cents and Hispanics less than 10 cents of wealth for every dollar amassed by whites.
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Intergenerational Mobility
Florencia Torche
The persistence of poverty has long been stronger for blacks than whites. However, beginning with generations that came of age in the mid-1960s, the white-black gap in the chance of escaping poverty has closed significantly.
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Funding from the Elfenworks Foundation gratefully acknowledged. The contents of this issue are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or official policies of the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality or any of its funders.
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