Author Will Discuss Racial Wealth Divide

Central Library Will Host Meizhu Lui, Co-Author of The Color of Wealth
Tuesday, February 6 at 5:30 pm

Why is it that 40 years after Civil Rights laws outlawed discrimination, people of color still have only a minute fraction of the wealth in this country? Meizhu Lui, Executive Director of United for a Fair Economy, examines the role of federal policies in creating a racial economic hierarchy.

Written by five leading experts on the racial wealth divide who recount the asset-building histories of Native Americans, Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, and European Americans, The Color of Wealth is a multicultural history of American wealth. With its focus on public policies—how, for example, many post-World War II GI Bill programs helped whites only—this book demonstrates the decisive influence of government on Americans' net worth. To find out more about the racial wealth divide visit  www.colorofwealth.org.