A new Racial Financial Equality research showed that racism persists in the US and affects Black people. Illinois, whose Black population has declined in recent decades, has the lowest financial racial equality in the country. This troubling study highlights Black families' severe hardships, leading to their choice to leave the state.
Racism and its effects are not restricted to Illinois, says Shriver Center on Poverty Law President and CEO Audra Wilson. The racial wealth gap is the outcome of d...