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Gap in US Between Blacks and Whites Tripled Since Reagan New
study shows policies and institutional practices continue to
accelerate inequality The wealth gap between blacks and whites
in the U.S. has drastically widened in the last 25 years, nearly
tripling since the days of the Reagan administration, according
to a new report from Brandeis University. According to the
study, “The dramatic gap in household wealth that now exists
along racial lines in the United States cannot be attributed to
personal ambition and behavioral choices, but rather reflects
policies and institutional practices that create different
opportunities for whites and African-Americans.” One of the
major factors in the wealth divide was exemplified in home
ownership and historic governmental policies that have created
vast disparities in ownership opportunities over the
years—accounting for over 25 percent of the gap. Subsequently,
the wealth gap was drastically widened in the