Long Shadows: The Black-White Gap in Multigenerational Poverty
In this report for the
Brookings Institution, Scott Winship, Christopher Pulliam
et al take a multigenerational perspective on economic inequality by race, showing the persistence of unequal economic opportunity for Black Americans over time. Over the last two generations, they record higher starting poverty rates, lower upward mobility rates, and higher downward mobility rates for Black families. These constitute stark racial divides reflecting the persistence of multigenerational poverty. Black adults in their 30s are over 16 times more likely than white adults to be in the third generation of poverty. These trends are indicative of societal barriers that have persistently inhibited Black upward mobility, and require a specific focus on Black mobility, or its absence, in formulating policy.
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Long-Shadows_Final.pdf
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