Dorothy Smith-Ruiz (USA University of North Carolina), Albert M. Kopak (USA Western Carolina University)

Black Families and Recession in the United States

The Enduring Impact of the Great Recession of 2007-2009

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reveals a history of racist practices against Blacks in many systems, including education, policing, incarceration, wealth transmission, voting restrictions, and housing segregation. The social costs of the recession are manifested in the daily lives of African American families.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9780367610593
• ISBN-10: 0367610590
• Artikelnr.: 65609523

Autorenporträt

Dorothy Smith-Ruiz is Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is author or editor of several books, including Contemporary African American Families. Albert M. Kopak is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Western Carolina University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction and Overview
2. Perspectives and Theoretical Frameworks for Studying African American
Families
3. Race and its use in American Society
4. The Great Recession of 2007-2009: Causes, Consequences, and Impact on
African American Family Life
5. Housing and Wealth: How the Great Recession Shattered the American Dream
6. How the Great Recession Changed Household Economics for African
Americans
7. The Widening of the Racial Wealth Gap during and after the Great
Recession
8. The Impact of Incarceration on African American Families
9. Progress in African American Communities during the Obama Administration
and Beyond
10. Discussion