As the murder of George Floyd highlights, it’s 2020 and we still haven’t made progress towards racial equality.
Category: Stylized Fact #4 — Racial Inequality
The April 2020 Unemployment Report is Bad. And Unequal.
The unemployment report from April highlights just how severe this crisis is. The report also illustrates just how unequal it is.
Coronavirus didn’t Create Racial/Ethnic Inequality. But it’s Exaggerating It.
Black and Hispanic workers have always made less and been less healthy than white workers. The Coronavirus isn’t helping.
The Racial Retirement Gap
The racial income gap is bad. The racial retirement gap is much, much worse. And the only thing that saves the day is Social Security.
Zero Progress in Racial Inequality
Over the last forty years, one expects racial inequality in income to have lessened. It has not.