Income Inequality and the Persistence of Racial Economic Disparities

[Uncle Joe]

2. Yes, the end result

is that blacks today have a larger portion of a smaller piece of pie than the 1960s.

Interestingly enough the 1960s when income inequality was much less of a problem than today also happened to coincide with the Civil Rights and Women's movement.

I don't believe that was just a coincidence, the middle class was stronger and more resilient then.

Today the middle class is a shell of itself and deeply in debt, this no doubt adds stress to our society and I believe exacerbates racial tensions even more.

As different groups of all persuasions jockey more for a bite of said smaller piece of pie, the oligarchs and their corporate media conglomerate mouth pieces can more easily divide and DISTRACT the American People from the critical issues of the day insuring continued mega-corporate/oligarch domination.