Arc of Justice series episode 4: The G.I. Bill was a conveyor belt into the middle class for millions of white WWII veterans, but many Black veterans were excluded and subsequent generations continue to feel the effects.
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S6E3: A Tale of Two Cities
Arc of Justice series episode 3: How U.S. government policies promoted racial segregation and hindered Black home ownership – and how that relates to wealth.
Comments closedS6E2: This Land is My Land
Arc of Justice series episode 2: A tale of two promises made by the government — one kept, one broken — that helps explain the existing wealth gap between Black and white Americans.
Comments closedS6E1: Not So Long Ago
Arc of Justice series episode 1: Today, white households in Boston have a median net worth of about $247,000. The median net worth of a Black household in Boston is $8. We talk about why this is, and what can be done about it.
Comments closedThe Arc of Justice brings to life the themes from the award-winning book From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century by Duke Sanford professor William A. Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen.
Comments closedThe question of whether and how to compensate descendants of people formerly enslaved in the United States has hung over the country since the end of the Civil War. It’s getting new traction in the 2020 election, and now a Duke researcher has assembled a team to determine how such a program could be enacted.
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