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On the recordJuly 25, 2011
Today's Wall Street Journal says that the median net worth of white households is 20 times greater than that of minority households.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Discussing wealth disparity among different racial groups in America.

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