The harm that racism does to African Americans is severe and well known. This strikebreaking was not brought about simply by African Americans seeing an opportunity to obtain employment, but was actively arranged by employers. By the time he died in 1968, three out of four white Americans disapproved of him. In this work, he examines the relation between 1) the inequality between whites and Blacks and 2) the inequality among whites. He finds this relationship to be positive and statistically significant—the greater the inequality between Blacks and whites, the greater the inequality among whites.

Source: The Guardian December 16, 2023 16:19 UTC