Reaction: State of the Dream 2012

Today I sat at my desk and read the United for a Fair Economy State of the Dream report, 2012.  

It was the most depressing thing I've read in a long time.  Here goes (and obviously, all the data below was plainly lifted from the report):

Here's the basic idea:  median wealth in black and Latin@ families is drastically lower than in white communities.  Even as time passes, black families will accumulate wealth at a slower rate than white families, and Latin@ families will actually earn less income than they do now, making the process of accumulating wealth even more challenging.

Book No. 1

Alright, then!  Let's get to it!  The first book on my reading list is The Color of Wealth:  The Story Behind the US Wealth Divide, by Meizhu Lui, Barbara Robles, Betsy Leondar-Wright, Rose Brewer, and Rebecca Adamson, with United for a Fair Economy.

The first thing you should know about me is that I read pretty slowly.  I take lots of notes and need to take lots of thinking breaks.  Anyway, I just finished Chapter 1, which is titled "Overview:  The Roots of the Racial Wealth Divide."