Paul Essien
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White Americans hold more than 90 percent of the country's wealth, according to a Demos analysis of Federal Reserve data.
Black students are more likely to attend poorly funded schools.
The racial wealth gap kept widening well after the Civil Rights era
The Great Recession didn't hit everyone equally.
White Americans use drugs more than black Americans, but black people are arrested for drug possession more often as whites.
Black men receive prison sentences longer than those of white men who committed similar crimes, a 2013 report by the U.S. Sentencing Commission found.
A clean record doesn't protect black men from discrimination when they're looking for work.
Black borrowers are still more likely to get turned down for mortgage loans than white people with similar credit scores
Black students are punished more frequently, and more harshly, for misbehaving than whites.
Black students are more likely to attend poorly funded schools.
The racial wealth gap kept widening well after the Civil Rights era
The Great Recession didn't hit everyone equally.
White Americans use drugs more than black Americans, but black people are arrested for drug possession more often as whites.
Black men receive prison sentences longer than those of white men who committed similar crimes, a 2013 report by the U.S. Sentencing Commission found.
A clean record doesn't protect black men from discrimination when they're looking for work.
Black borrowers are still more likely to get turned down for mortgage loans than white people with similar credit scores
Black students are punished more frequently, and more harshly, for misbehaving than whites.