Legal equality has not eliminated the racial wealth and status gap

Evidence

Legally, black Americans today have voting rights and equal access to public accommodations, with discrimination in housing, employment and education being found illegal (Rossell, 2). Yet the wealth disparity in America is certainly no where near equal and the black citizens are often found to be the ones with the lowest social, economic and educational status. — Marcy Crouch, Magnet Schools and Other Means of…, 2

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the de jure/de facto equality distinction debated in desegregation law.