Description
Description
The US racial wealth gap is large, and it's compounding. It's time to close it. Minding the Wealth Gap shines a light on people doing this important work and explores how you can get involved too.
Generations of public and private practices have left Black households $15 trillion and 400 years behind white households. Engaging storytelling backed by data, Minding the Wealth Gap highlights the wide-ranging impact of this lack of wealth parity. It explores the intricate connections between issues such as housing disparities, employment opportunities, education, investment barriers, social networks, and over-policing, all of which contribute to the staggering wealth gap between Black and white households.
While the numbers are astounding, there is also hope. Investment professional Cliff Goins IV shines a spotlight on the courageous efforts of nine Black entrepreneurs and executives who are actively working to bridge this chasm.
These ""gap closers"" have much to teach us, having pioneered initiatives such as empowering economic mobility, advocating for homeownership, and championing economic parity. Goins invites us to get in the game and become gap closers ourselves, unleashing trillions of dollars of potential trapped in our poorest communities. Minding the Wealth Gap is both a powerful catalyst and a call to arms, urging America's entrepreneurs, executives, government officials, and other leaders to join these efforts and take meaningful steps toward a more equitable future for all.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"This book changes not only the way you read about the economics and inequities of the wealth gap; it changes the way you understand the entire subject. Goins lays out in human terms how living within dated structures and biased systems defines what 'growing up differently' really means." --Dana Arnett, Founder, VSA Partners
"Goins clearly lays out the case for a collective effort to reduce the racial wealth gap. He provides impactful and practical ideas about where to plug in and become part of the solution." --Jennifer Steans, partner, Concentric Equity Partners
"Goins has been taking on and brilliantly articulating one of the biggest and most serious problems confronting the Black community--the wealth gap. With his keen historic perspective, he has clearly substantiated how, over centuries, Blacks have been systematically denied seats at the table when laws, policies, and deals were created producing this enormous wealth gap. He warns the reader, if the nation does not address this problem immediately, there will be a price to pay not only for Blacks but for all citizens of our nation." --James H. Lowry, senior advisor, Boston Consulting Group, and author of Change Agent
"Many Americans want to know what they can do about the Black-white wealth gap, and Goins's book provides nine examples of people working in the space who will inspire readers. Highly relatable and engaging, this is a 'what next' book for people who have learned about the persistent gap that has hovered around fifteen cents on the dollar since the 1950s." --Ebony Reed, coauthor of Fifteen Cents on the Dollar
"A road map to understanding the history of economic disparities and a practical plan for developing a strategy for personal and systemic improvement. This book provides critical perspectives on a critical issue and is a useful tool, especially for people early in their careers." --Howard Appelbaum, former president of Nielsen Entertainment and chief strategy officer of Liquid Soul Media
"The lack of real estate education in the Black community is the gap of the civil rights movement; Cliff Goin's book highlights that gap and so much more. And he provides the solutions that we need." --John Crossman, CEO, Crossman Career Builders, and author of Career Killers/Career Builders
"This book will shape and perhaps alter your understanding about the racial wealth gap, its compounding effects on people, families, and communities, and how to abolish it for good so that all US citizens can access opportunities that lead to social mobility and financial freedom." --Brandon M. Erby, PhD, assistant professor of writing, rhetoric, and African American studies, University of Kentucky
"Goins makes it clear that the wealth gap is the multigenerational economic cancer that is everyone's monster at the door.... Then Goins does something brilliant: he tells us exactly what we must do, with founding-principle resolve, to drive the monster from our nation forever." --Sandra Finley, president & CEO, League of Black Women
"Articulately lays out the historical causes and current ramifications of the wealth gap. Goins insightfully discusses practical ways and plays to address the gap and introduces us to inspirational leaders who have overcome it. An elegant call to action." --James N. Hallene, founder and managing principal, Capital Concept Holdings, LLC
"An essential road map to closing the racial wealth gap in America. Through engaging storytelling and solid data, Goins goes well beyond describing the systemic barriers and shines a valuable spotlight on nine inspiring Black entrepreneurs and executives who are leading the charge to bridge this gap." --Tammy Halevy, executive director, Reimagine Main Street, a project of the Public Private Strategies Institute; and board member, 1863 Ventures
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