Thomas Shapiro
Autore di The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality
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Thomas M. Shapiro holds the Pokross Chair of Law and Social Policy, Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University.
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Most of the families that have these issues are families of color. People that are Black or Latino are disproportionately well represented in such situations. It does not help that there is a massive snowball effect in place as well. People may chide others for even taking a subprime loan or some other such ‘deal’ but if that is your only offer and your credit score is fantastic that might be your ticket out of a slum or other situation. Being in a different area also allows you to attend a better school and attain the benefits of a well-supplied district. So I can’t really blame someone for taking advantage of such a thing. So for instance, if you are Black and have a great resume, you might receive discrimination just from your name alone.
In any case, this book was really tragic and put me in a melancholy mood. It makes me wonder if we should just start over with this whole America thing, though I doubt that it would work. As long as the concept of property has existed, there has been inequality between us. That isn’t going to go away any time soon. Luckily for me, Shapiro offers some solutions, though to the wealthy it might be something that is hard to take. It mostly has to do with offering better jobs that have benefits and such. If you are Wal-Mart, you won’t do that, since you are a terrible place. The same thing goes for all of the giant corporations nowadays.… (altro)