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. In the 1930s to the 1960s, homeowners could legally exclude people of color from their neighborhoods.

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. Suburbs were designed to promote racial integration.

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. Wealth inequalities between blacks and whites have decreased between 1984 and 2009.

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. Subprime loans are a part of discriminatory lending practices.

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. Wealth differences can be explained by differences in spending behavior.

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. The most influential factor in wealth accumulation is years of homeownership.

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. The foreclosure and economic crisis before and shortly after 2008 more negatively impacted blacks and Latino communities than white communities in a variety of ways.

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. Blacks and whites inherit money from their families at different rates.

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. Blacks are more likely than whites to receive job benefits like retirement contributions.

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. Racial segregation in cities emerged from purposeful policies and actions.

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. Children from segregated poor neighborhoods are less likely to complete high school and get steady employment.

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. The dissimilarity index and isolation index are measures of segregation.

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. Fill in the blank: __________ percent of Americans own almost half of the wealth of the country

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. Fill in the blank: Today, most cities in the United States are __________ segregated than in the nineteenth century.

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. Through the process of steering, real estate agents show homes in white neighborhoods to blacks and Latinos.

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