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Elizabeth Warren: “We live in an America today where a typical White family has eight times the wealth of a typical Black family and five…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2021
We live in an America today where a typical White family has eight times the wealth of a typical Black family and five times the wealth of a typical Latinx family gaps that have not budged in decades.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren highlights the persistent racial wealth gap in America.

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