claim: the wealth gap between blacks and whites in the united states is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid south africa."
author: nicholas kristof
evidence_1: feb 18, 2018 ... the wealth gap measures the difference between the median wealth of blacks ...  the economic policy institute found that more than one in four black households  ... at the same time, wealth for the median white household increased 14 ... our  president touting black unemployment is as low as it's ever been.
evidence_2: aug 30, 2014 ... white america should wipe away any self-satisfaction about racial progress. ... a  plurality of whites in a recent pew survey said that the issue of race is ... believed  that anti-white racism was a bigger problem than anti-black racism. ... has a  greater wealth gap by race than south africa did during apartheid.
evidence_3: sep 12, 2014 ... south africa is notorious for having gross income inequality. ... still, they indicate  income inequality was greater in south africa than in the u.s. in ... twenty years  after the end of apartheid in south africa, the 9 percent of the population ... of  blacks and whites in south africa and in the united states is similar.
evidence_4: aug 28, 2013 ... on the 50th anniversary of martin luther king jr.'s "i have a dream" ... "indeed,"  notes epi, "black america is nearly always facing an ... this was... higher than the  average annual national unemployment ... 3) the gap in household income  between blacks and whites hasn't narrowed in the last 50 years:.
evidence_5: nov 6, 2013 ... for every dollar in assets owned by whites in the united states, blacks ... racial  inequality in apartheid south africa reached its zenith in 1970 ... black median  wealth is 12 percent of white median wealth. ... whites' share of the nation's  wealth is 31 percent greater than their share of the nation's population.