So many episodes, 1286 Rodney Brooks, author of the new book, Fixing the Racial wealth gap.

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Welcome to So Money, everybody. I'm Farnoosh Karabi, December 1st. We're going to finish the year

strong and today's conversation focuses on the Racial wealth gap, what we can do to support

the current generation and also save future generations. My guest is Rodney A. Brooks. He's

a veteran newspaper journalist who's written about retirement and personal finance as well as

race, wealth, and health disparities. His work has appeared in US News and World Report,

The Washington Post, and USA Today. He has a book out now called Fixing the Racial

Wealth Gap. Racism and discrimination have put us here, but this is how we can save future

generations. Our conversation intersects money, race, health, literacy, and much more. Here's

Rodney Brooks. Rodney A. Brooks, welcome to So Money. This is a special day for the podcast,

getting to connect with a fellow financial journalist. Okay. Well, thank you for having me. I

really appreciate it. You are a veteran newspaper journalist. You've written about retirement and

personal finance, racial, wealth, and health disparities for the better part of 30 years that

you recently retired and you've written for such major publications as US News and World Report,

Washington Post, USA Today. And now your more of your focus has been turning to the Racial Wealth

Gap. And you have a book fixing the Racial Wealth Gap. What prompted you to write it?

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