The Colors of Poverty: Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist

by David R. Harris

Book Overview

Given the increasing diversity of the nation--particularly with respect to its growing Hispanic and Asian populations--why does racial and ethnic difference so often lead to disadvantage? In The Colors of Poverty, a multidisciplinary group of experts provides a breakthrough analysis of the complex mechanisms that connect poverty and race. The Colors of Poverty reframes the debate over the causes of minority poverty by emphasizing the cumulative effects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871545403
• ISBN13: 9780871545404
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.3"