Racial income inequality persists despite near-parity in education

Evidence

Richard Freeman has shown that this narrowing of the education gap would have virtually achieved black/white income equality had blacks re­ ceived the same benefits from education as whites. Yet the income gap has not closed substantially: The income gap for young men is 30 percent, despite an education gap of only 4 percent. … Blacks certainly suffer from educational inequality, but the root of their exploitation lies outside of education, in a system of economic power and privilege in which racial distinctions play an important role. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 453

Categorization

• XREF: Directly corroborates the Annihilation of Caste material on caste endogamy persisting in employment — education parity not translating to income parity across racial/status lines. — connects to: The racial wealth gap persists independent of income, savings, and education attainment — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 1375; Black economic inequality relative to whites remained structurally fixed across multiple decades — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 3351; Racial wealth gaps persist across all industries regardless of education — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax…, 369 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• The racial wealth gap persists independent of income, savings, and education attainment #expands (0.90) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 1375
• Educational attainment alone cannot close or reverse the racial wealth gap #corroborates (0.90) — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth, 344
• College degrees do not close the racial wealth gap #corroborates (0.90) — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth, 344
• Racial wealth gaps persist across all industries regardless of education #expands (0.85) — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth, 369
• Black economic inequality relative to whites remained structurally fixed across multiple decades #corroborates (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3351
• Racial wealth and health gaps persist across income, inheritance, and longevity #expands (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1831
• Racial health inequality persists even among well-educated Black people with healthcare access #expands (0.75) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 959