Vindoua@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoTIL that in Massachusetts, white families have a median net wealth of $549,000. For black families, it is just $7,800www.bostonfed.orgexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1361arrow-down16
arrow-up1355arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in Massachusetts, white families have a median net wealth of $549,000. For black families, it is just $7,800www.bostonfed.orgVindoua@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squarearotrios@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 days agoAs someone who previously lived in Massachusetts, this doesn’t surprise me - systematic racism was rife in MA through the 70s. Jim Crow laws got their start in MA.
As someone who previously lived in Massachusetts, this doesn’t surprise me - systematic racism was rife in MA through the 70s. Jim Crow laws got their start in MA.