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Color of Wealth: The US Racial Wealth Divide
November 9, 2006
Meizhu Lui executive director, United for Fair Economy
Betsy Leondar-Wright communications director, UFE
Michelle Cromwell professor, social systems, Pine Manor

In the panel discussion, leading experts on the wealth divide explore the economic histories of Native Americans, Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, and European Americans, and tackle the relationship between race and finances in the United States.

For every dollar in assets possessed by the average white family in the United States, the average family of color has less than a dime. This event asks why the distribution of wealth in our nation is so uneven; whether public policy, even when well intentioned, reinforces existing inequalities; and whether or not race and ethnicity continue to play a pivotal role in defining the haves and have-nots in our society.

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