Across Quote by Hill Harper

“Nationally in 2011, poor whites exceeded the poor African American total by roughly eight million: 19,171,000 versus 10,929,000.”

— Karl Alexander

When you have a policy of making sure that African Americans cannot build wealth, of plundering African American communities of wealth, giving opportunities to…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“So many black families spend all of their time trying to fix the problems of the past. That is the curse of being black…

— Trevor Noah

“While this number puts the economic fragility of America’s families in a new light, the shocking statistic is that nine out of every ten…

— Thomas Shapiro

“So many black families spend all of their time trying to fix the problems of the past. That is the curse of being black…

— Trevor Noah

“African Americans own 2.7 percent of the nation’s wealth, and make up 40 percent of the incarcerated population.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

We had particular policies in this country that resulted in the larger share of poverty that we have in African-American communities.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“The challenge is more difficult because low-income African Americans today confront not only segregation but also the income stagnation and blocked mobility faced by…

— Richard Rothstein

The recognized achievements of some Negroes, despite rigid racial barriers, indicate that society by its prejudices may be depriving itself of valuable contributions from…

— Kenneth Clark

I don't want to exaggerate; having as many African American men as we've had in the criminal-justice system, and the amount of time it…

— Barack Obama

“Millions of Americans instinctively associate “poverty” with “black.”

— David Cay Johnston

We need to intentionally invest in health, in home ownership, in entrepreneurship, in access to democracy, in economic empowerment. If we don't do these…

— Pete Buttigieg