At the Intersection of Class & Race

During the Year of the Pandemic, 2020, the 644 billionaires in the US increased their wealth by almost $1 trillion dollars, while an additional 8 million Americans fell below the poverty line – most of them people of color. The income and wealth gap between white Americans and BIPOC continues to grow. We often hear arguments that the disparities are related to poor choices, undisciplined behavior, immorality and other individualized factors. But is that the real cause? There’s more to the story… Solana Rice contends that the wealth gap has been created…BY DESIGN.