Article: Community of poor mothers and children in San Francisco’s Mission District is gone

Community of poor mothers and children in San Francisco’s Mission District is gone due to $700 rent increase fueled by gentrification
http://sfbayview.com/2010/capitalism-killed-mamahouse/

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Article: It’s Official: Women of Color Feel Impact of Racial Wealth Gap The Worst

It always helps to have research to confirm what you already know about racial inequity in America. But occasionally, even when the news is not new, the findings turn out to be appallingly dire, shocking even to the sensibilities of cynical people who find it hard to be surprised anymore. (That would be this blogger.)

Such is the case with the latest report on women of color and the racial wealth gap from the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, released yesterday, on International Women’s Day.

Take a look at a few choice findings from “Lifting As We Climb: Women of Color, Wealth and America’s Future”:

-Single Black women (across all ages, from age 18 to 64) have a median wealth of $100 and single Latinas have a median wealth of $120. Single white women clock in at $41,000.
-Almost half of all Black women and Latinas have zero wealth or negative wealth. That is, their debts exceed their assets.
-Young women (aged 18 to 35) of all races have a median wealth of zero.
-And even though white women (from 36 to 49 years old) have a median wealth of $42,600, women of color in the same age bracket have a median wealth valued at $5.
-Women of color 65 and older are least likely to receive retirement income from pensions or other assets.

Read more here:

It’s Official: Women of Color Feel Impact of Racial Wealth Gap The Worst

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http://colorlines.com/article.php?ID=614
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