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On the recordNovember 13, 2019
How devastating is that, and how can we add research to the Federal Reserve that deals with this seemingly,--continuing systematic divide in terms of income and wealth ultimately in the African American population?
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Inquiring about the wealth disparity affecting African Americans.

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