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Race, Wealth, and Inequality

By Don Rush

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/delmarva/local-delmarva-954531.mp3

Salisbury, MD – Despite forty years having passed since the Civil Rights era and significant gains by the African American community, a major economic disparity still exists between white and black America. Professor Christopher Whitt with Augustana College in Illinois says, the inequality is a result of decades of disparity in wealth.