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The Economic and Educational State of Black Americans in the 21st Century: Should We be Optimistic or Concerned?

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Harris, AL
Published in: Review of Black Political Economy
January 1, 2010

This report presents an overview of the economic and educational status of black Americans. In addition to summarizing blacks' current economic condition, long-term trends are also presented. The purpose of this report is to highlight information that will accentuate the magnitude of the black socioeconomic disadvantage. My goal is to generate discussion about policies in which people have an awareness of the scale and time it will take to address racial inequality. Therefore, this report is more descriptive than prescriptive. To help facilitate thinking about potential policy directions, economic patterns are shown across various presidential administrations. © 2010 Springer Science + Business Media, LLC.

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Review of Black Political Economy

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0034-6446

Publication Date

January 1, 2010

Volume

37

Issue

3

Start / End Page

241 / 252

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 4404 Development studies
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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Harris, A. L. (2010). The Economic and Educational State of Black Americans in the 21st Century: Should We be Optimistic or Concerned? Review of Black Political Economy, 37(3), 241–252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-010-9065-z
Harris, A. L. “The Economic and Educational State of Black Americans in the 21st Century: Should We be Optimistic or Concerned?Review of Black Political Economy 37, no. 3 (January 1, 2010): 241–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-010-9065-z.
Harris, A. L. “The Economic and Educational State of Black Americans in the 21st Century: Should We be Optimistic or Concerned?Review of Black Political Economy, vol. 37, no. 3, Jan. 2010, pp. 241–52. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s12114-010-9065-z.
Journal cover image

Published In

Review of Black Political Economy

DOI

ISSN

0034-6446

Publication Date

January 1, 2010

Volume

37

Issue

3

Start / End Page

241 / 252

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 4404 Development studies
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1402 Applied Economics