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Wide Economic Gap Between Blacks And Whites Persists

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While American blacks have made some social and financial gains in the past 50 years, studies show the economic gaps between blacks and whites have remained or widened.

We take a look at the most recent data with Derek Thompson of The Atlantic, who recently wrote about "The Maddening, Unmoving Economic Gap Between Blacks and Whites."

(Pew Research Center)
(Pew Research Center)
(Pew Research Center)

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This segment aired on September 2, 2013.

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