The color of wealth
Subtitle: the story behind the U.S. racial wealth divide
By: Meizhu Lui ... [et al.].
Contributors: Lui, Meizhu.
Publisher: New Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Wealth -- United States.; Poverty -- United States.; Income distribution -- United States.; Equality -- United States.; United States -- Race relations -- Economic aspects.; Racism -- Economic aspects -- United States.; United States -- Social policy.
Other titles: Racial wealth divide
Description: "For every dollar owned by the average white family in the United States, the average family of color has less than a dime. Wealth, not income alone, may be the most revealing index of inequality in America. The Color of Wealth lays bare the roots of the racial wealth divide and reveals the decisive role government has played in shaping our unequal society."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview: the roots of the racial wealth divide; title: Land rich, dirt poor: challenges to asset building in Native America; title: Forged in blood: Black wealth injustice in the U.S.; title: Neighbors and fences: Latinos in the U.S.; title: The perils of being yellow: Asian Americans as perpetual foreigners; title: Climbing the up escalator: white advantages in wealth accumulation; title: Rainbow economics: closing the racial wealth divide.