/tags/samuel-dubois-cook-center-on-social-equity Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity en-US Copyright Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:10:37 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-04/examining-gaps-in-the-1968-report-that-first-named-white-racism-as-the-cause-for-black-riots Anti-racist activists are protesting across the country in response to police brutality against people of color, particularly black men. This latest wave… Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:10:37 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-04/examining-gaps-in-the-1968-report-that-first-named-white-racism-as-the-cause-for-black-riots Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2020-06-04/examining-gaps-in-the-1968-report-that-first-named-white-racism-as-the-cause-for-black-riots Anti-racist activists are protesting across the country in response to police brutality against people of color, particularly black men. This latest wave… Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:10:37 GMT /race-demographics/2020-06-04/examining-gaps-in-the-1968-report-that-first-named-white-racism-as-the-cause-for-black-riots Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-09-13/how-predatory-housing-contracts-stripped-black-chicagoans-of-billions One of the few paths to homeownership for Chicago’s black community in the 1950s and ‘60 was home sale contracts. African American buyers would make… Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:08:44 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-09-13/how-predatory-housing-contracts-stripped-black-chicagoans-of-billions Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /business-economy/2019-09-13/how-predatory-housing-contracts-stripped-black-chicagoans-of-billions One of the few paths to homeownership for Chicago’s black community in the 1950s and ‘60 was home sale contracts. African American buyers would make… Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:08:44 GMT /business-economy/2019-09-13/how-predatory-housing-contracts-stripped-black-chicagoans-of-billions Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-02-06/why-successful-new-businesses-are-still-a-black-and-white-issue The Great Recession is behind us, and business is booming: new business especially. After a major slump, entrepreneurs are opening shop every month, from… Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:28:12 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-02-06/why-successful-new-businesses-are-still-a-black-and-white-issue Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2019-02-06/why-successful-new-businesses-are-still-a-black-and-white-issue The Great Recession is behind us, and business is booming: new business especially. After a major slump, entrepreneurs are opening shop every month, from… Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:28:12 GMT /race-demographics/2019-02-06/why-successful-new-businesses-are-still-a-black-and-white-issue Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-23/will-america-ever-close-its-racial-wealth-gap The black community owned 0.5 percent of America’s wealth at the end of slavery, and today that number has barely increased. A typical white household is… Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:31:19 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-23/will-america-ever-close-its-racial-wealth-gap Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /business-economy/2018-02-23/will-america-ever-close-its-racial-wealth-gap The black community owned 0.5 percent of America’s wealth at the end of slavery, and today that number has barely increased. A typical white household is… Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:31:19 GMT /business-economy/2018-02-23/will-america-ever-close-its-racial-wealth-gap Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-07-03/busting-the-myth-of-the-american-dream-meet-william-darity Why are some people rich and others poor? Answering this elusive question has been the lifelong work of economist William (Sandy) Darity. Darity was an… Mon, 03 Jul 2017 16:00:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-07-03/busting-the-myth-of-the-american-dream-meet-william-darity Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /business-economy/2017-07-03/busting-the-myth-of-the-american-dream-meet-william-darity Why are some people rich and others poor? Answering this elusive question has been the lifelong work of economist William (Sandy) Darity. Darity was an… Mon, 03 Jul 2017 16:00:00 GMT /business-economy/2017-07-03/busting-the-myth-of-the-american-dream-meet-william-darity Anita Rao, Frank Stasio