Blog Post 8 (03/06/22)

Hello,

I would like to start off with the fact that a common but inaccurate belief would be racism being over. This is not true as you see the people of color have less wealth that whites and it all started back with slavery. It is as if we are running a race but starting meters and meters ahead of the colored. It is extremely hard to catch up. As stated in the podcast called "The Pros and Cons of Reparations" by Freakonomics, "The racial wealth gap is such that the typical Black family has about 10 cents on the dollar as a typical white family." This gives the whites a major advantage in the past, the present, and future. Once slaves were freed there were still laws set in place again and again to hold the colored citizens back such as examples of the Homestead Act, GI Bill, Jim Crow Laws, even redlining. Some of these still exist today whether they are intended to or not. It is difficult to get rid of laws that were once put into motion and society followed due to politics. 

While reading the article by VOX called "Baby Bonds Could Shrink The Black White Wealth Gap", I discovered an understanding for new laws put into works to help out society especially he inequalities affecting families. With the new baby bonds there would still be a wealth gap between citizens but it would be less systematic as they give the child $1000 when born. This increases each year as the child grows up giving them a start on their life by the age of 18. This could help the cause but the inequalities will never truly disappear. It was even stated that black families with higher education degrees are still more likely to be in debt over a white family of high school drop outs. This is very unfortunate.

Reference List:

Atkins, N.D. (2021). HDFS 280: Defining Family & Diversity [Lecture notes Week 5]. Retrieved from                       http://mycourses.purdue.edu

Cineas, F. (2021, February 17). Baby bonds could shrink the black-white wealth gap. Vox. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://www.vox.com/22268500/baby-bonds-black-white-wealth-gap-booker-pressley

Sensoy, & DiAngelo, R. J. (2017). Is everyone really equal? : an introduction to key concepts in social         justice education (Second edition.). Teachers College Press.

Stephen J. Dubner Produced by Zack Lapinski. (2021, November 26). The Pros and cons of reparations. Freakonomics. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-pros-and-cons-of-reparations-ep-427/

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