Black economic progress has stagnated since the 1960s civil rights reforms

Evidence

Writing this book has caused me to veer between pessimism and optimism. The lack of significant black economic progress since the civil rights reforms of the 1960s makes me pessimistic, but the thought that my research could lead to change gives me some hope. As in the fight against police brutality, persistence and vigilance must be our constant companions. And while you can’t take a picture of this harm and post it to social media, all of you, black and white, can go public with your stories. It’s long past time to have a conversation about the racist acts buried deep in our tax returns. — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth, 566

Categorization

• XREF: This closing call to ‘go public with your stories’ about harm hidden in tax returns parallels the visible-evidence shift on police brutality that camera footage created — the author leans on this analogy as her book’s rhetorical payoff. — connects to: Black communities deteriorated economically during Obama’s presidency despite a black president — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 20; Black economic conditions worsened during the Obama presidency — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 20; Lack of wealth since slavery’s end drives Black vulnerability today — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 1327 (+9 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Black communities deteriorated economically during Obama’s presidency despite a black president — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 20; Black economic conditions worsened during the Obama presidency — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 20; Lack of wealth since slavery’s end drives Black vulnerability today — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 1327 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Black communities have worsened since the Kerner Commission report despite civil rights gains #corroborates (0.92) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 408
• Civil rights reform fortified structural racism rather than undermining it #complicates (0.80) — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 218
• Black unemployment rose even as civil rights victories were being won #complicates (0.78) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 1240