No Surprise: U.S. Census says Black wealth on national decline

By Stephanie Gadlin, The Chicago Crusader

If the annual National Urban League report (NUL) measured the effectiveness of white supremacy, disinvestment and financial bias toward African American households, these agencies of destruction would receive an astounding grade. However, the famed NUL “2024 State of Black America” benchmark revealed African Americans have failed to reach racial parity with whites and other groups and continue to face a long road ahead to achieve full equality.

“For Black Americans, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the first time that the United States government honored the promises in the Declaration of Independence and addressed the racial caste system that had been protected for centuries by unjust laws and systemic racism,” the National Urban League reported.

“Sixty years later, the fight for equality is far from over,” the Civil Rights organization said, though suggesting that because African Americans have reached 75 percent economic parity with whites, the efforts to obtain the remaining 25 percent has been blocked by Supreme Court decisions, legislative action and a general unwillingness for broader America to embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.

 

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