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Racial Inequality Is Hollowing Out America’s Middle Class

by Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Chuck Collins | Sep 13, 2017 | Blog

America’s middle class is under assault. And as our country becomes more diverse, our racial wealth gap means it's also becoming poorer. Since 1983, national median wealth has declined by 20 percent, falling from $73,000 to $64,000 in 2013. And U.S. homeownership has...

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