Thomas M. Shapiro

The Hidden Cost of Being African American (eBook, ePUB)

How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Thomas Shapiro reveals how the lack of family assets--inheritance, home equity, stocks, bonds, savings accounts, and other investments-- along with continuing racial discrimination in crucial areas like homeownership dramatically impact the everyday lives of many black families, reversing gains earned in schools and on jobs, and perpetuating the cycle of poverty in which far too many find themselves trapped.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199839650
• Artikelnr.: 38128994

Autorenporträt

Thomas M. Shapiro is Pokross Chair of Law and Social Policy, Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Black Wealth/White Wealth, which he wrote in collaboration with Melvin Oliver, received wide spread acclaim and won several awards, including C. Wright Mills award, the American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Award, and The Myers Center Award for Human Rights.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Assets
1: The Color of the Safety Net
2: The Cost of Being Black and the Advantage of Being White
3: Inheritance--"That Parent Thing"
Part II: Making Racial Inequality
4: Middle Class in Black and White: How Level is the Playing Field?
5: The Homeownership Crossroad
Part III: Leveraging Assets
6: Where People "Choose" to Live
7: "Getting a Decent Middle Class American Education": Pursuing Advantage in Schools
Conclusion
Appendix I: Tables
Appendix II: Methodology
Notes
Bibliography
Index