Tag Archives: Lorraine Hansberry

The Racial Wealth Gap and Home Ownership

In my recent post on “The Racial Wealth Gap,” I mentioned a growing number of articles and videos on this issue, but said I thought the best of these was a 16-minute film The Racial Wealth Gap, the very first … Continue reading

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Lorraine Hansberry: The Battle for Fair Housing

We’re still struggling with fair housing. In so many areas of the United States, segregated neighborhoods are as bad as they ever have been—or worse, much worse—while over a million children don’t have homes at all. This made me look … Continue reading

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