Being Black, Living in the Red

Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America, 10th Anniversary Edition, With a New Afterword
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-520-26130-3
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 338 g

Being Black, Living in the Red demonstrates that many differences between blacks and whites stem not from race but from economic inequalities that have accumulated over the course of American history. Property ownership—as measured by net worth—reflects this legacy of economic oppression. The racial discrepancy in wealth holdings leads to advantages for whites in the form of better schools, more desirable residences, higher wages, and more opportunities to save, invest, and thereby further their economic advantages. A new afterword by the author summarizes Conley’s recent research on racial differences in wealth mobility and security and discusses potential policy solutions to the racial asset gap and America’s low savings rate more generally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Conley, Dalton

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

1. Wealth Matters

2. Forty Acres and a Mule: Historical and Contemporary Obstacles to Black Property Accumulation

3. From Financial to Social to Human Capital:Assets and Education

4. Up the Down Escalator: Wealth, Work, and Wages

5. It Takes a Village? Premarital Childbearing and Welfare Dependency

6. Getting into the Black: Conclusions and Policy Implications

Afterword: Living in the Red, a Decade Later

Appendix

Notes

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dalton Conley is University Professor, Chair of Sociology, and Acting Dean of Social Sciences at New York University. He is also Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Adjunct Professor of Community Medicine at Mt.Sinai School of Medicine.