Wealth inequality has widened along racial, ethnic lines since end of Great Recession

[bravenak]

23. Those are good ideas.

But we have to work on the disparities in education and employment in order for us to even get to that point. With the black unemploymemt rate so high, and the excess number of us in prison, we are not able to hold on to any money we get. Our middle class helps support our poor to such an extent ( I do this myself with family) that it's hard to save up enough for the down payments.
I've spent enough over the last five years, just on my family members with disabilities and fathers in prison to put 30 grand down on a house. As it is, I still live in an apartment until I can save enough.