For every $100 earned by an average white family, how much do you think is earned by an average black family?
- $0-$25
- $26-$50
- $51-$75
- $76-$100
- $100+
For every $100 in wealth accumulated by an average white family, how much wealth has the average black family accumulated?
- $0-$25
- $26-$50
- $51-$75
- $76-$100
- $100+
The Yale researchers suspected that many people would not get the answers right.“I’m a person who studies inequality, who should really know how inequality looks,” said one of the psychologists, Michael Kraus, who researches the behaviors and beliefs that help perpetuate inequality. “And I look at the black-white gap, and I’m shocked at the magnitude.”
Black families in America earn just $57.30 for every $100 in income earned by white families, according to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. For every $100 in white family wealth, black families hold just $5.04.
– New York Times