Taking On the Racial Wealth Gap

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The racial wealth gap was created and reinforced over centuries. Can it be solved in our lifetime? In this episode, Sean and Liz talk with journalist Kimberly Atkins Stohr about her series for The Emancipator about solving the racial wealth gap. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.3	The racial wealth gap has been carved over centuries. Can it be bridged in our lifetime?
0:40.2	Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money podcast. I'm Sean Piles.
0:43.6	And I'm Liz Weston. This episode, we're talking with Kimberly Atkins Storr, opinion writer for the Boston Globe and the inaugural columnist for The Emancipator.
0:51.8	The Emancipator was the very first anti-slavery newspaper in the United
0:55.5	States when it was founded over 200 years ago. Today, it's been given new life as a collaboration
1:00.7	between the Boston Globe and Boston University's Center for Anti-Racist Research. Kimberly
1:06.2	recently wrote a series for The Ammancipator about solving the racial wealth gap, including
1:10.3	how we got to
1:11.0	where we are today, the prejudice is built into credit scores, and the challenges that black
1:15.8	Americans face when it comes to student debt. Welcome on to smart money, Kimberly. Thank you so much
1:21.1	for having me. It's great to talk with you. And, you know, the racial wealth gap can seem like
1:25.7	this static, unchangeable reality in our society,
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