In the Spirit of Sankofa,
Racism Literally Costs America $2 Trillion...Ready to Stop Payment?
... A more complete accounting of the toll taken by race-based chauvinism has arrived in the form of a W.K. Kellogg Foundation study that shows fallout from racism slashing the country's wealth. The study, released in October, posits that an income gap resulting in part from racism costs the country $1.9 trillion dollars each year.
The study, titled The Business Case for Racial Equity, was conducted with the institute and scholars from Johns Hopkins, Brandeis, and Harvard universities and demonstrates how “race, class, residential segregation and income levels all work together to hamper access to opportunity.” ...
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/12/13/racism-literally-costs-america-too-much-continue
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Racism Literally Costs America $2 Trillion...Ready to Stop Payment?
... A more complete accounting of the toll taken by race-based chauvinism has arrived in the form of a W.K. Kellogg Foundation study that shows fallout from racism slashing the country's wealth. The study, released in October, posits that an income gap resulting in part from racism costs the country $1.9 trillion dollars each year.
The study, titled The Business Case for Racial Equity, was conducted with the institute and scholars from Johns Hopkins, Brandeis, and Harvard universities and demonstrates how “race, class, residential segregation and income levels all work together to hamper access to opportunity.” ...
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/12/13/racism-literally-costs-america-too-much-continue
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