One of the biggest discrepancies between whites and blacks is the lack of generational wealth. Black vets coming back from ww2 couldn’t even get home loans that their white counterparts had readily available. Homes are usually a person’s greatest source of net worth, and get passed down to heirs. This is just one example of why blacks have about 10% of the wealth compared to white folks. To fix the problem, we have to find a way to bring more black families in to home ownership.
Likewise with education. You are more likely to graduate HS, or go to college or trade school if your parents did. Those opportunities were held from blacks just a generation or two ago, so todays black kids are still less likely to advance their education. Add the lack of wealth to that as well when it comes to affording it. We had to help our kids with calculus homework etc. We couldn’t do that if we didn’t go to school. Now my kids are in STEM fields getting paid well. That shit doesn’t happen easily when the parents aren’t educated or can’t afford college for their kids.
It would be relatively easy and cheap to offer discounted loans to families for more affordable mortgages. We do it for vets through the VA loan program. We’ve also let the student loan market get taken over by predatory lenders, and let schools basically violate anti trust laws. In your state, Desantis put in his voucher program that will serve to suck money out of the schools that need it most to go to the people that can already afford private school. (Not to mention his pushback against teaching black history which likely includes the very things I’m saying to you now).
These are some issues that need to be fixed just for starters.
Edited for spelling
The sweeping bill following World War II promised prosperity to veterans. So why didn’t Black Americans benefit?
www.history.com