Table of Contents

Foreword by Congressman Luis Gutierrez
Introduction, Chester Hartman

I. Racism and Poverty: The Structural Underpinnings

Toward a Structural Racism Framework
Andrew Grant-Thomas & john a. powell

Structural Racism: Focusing on the Cause
Cliff Schrupp

American Indian Tribes and Structural Racism
Sherry Salway Black

Structural Racism and Rebuilding New Orleans
Maya Wiley

Race vis-à-vis Class in the U.S.?
john a. powell & Stephen Menendian

More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City
William Julius Wilson

Tensions Among Minority Groups
Symposium with S.M. Miller, Wade Henderson, Don T. Nakanishi, john a. powell, Maria Blanco, Howard Winant

Indigenous Peoples: Response to the Periodic Report of the United States to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Tribal Self-Government in the United States
John Dossett

When Affirmative Action Was White
Ira Katznelson

The Importance of Targeted Universalism
john a. powell, S

About the Author

Chester Hartman director of research at Poverty & Race Research Action Council.

Reviews

We are living in a truly extraordinary moment in our history, plagued with economic inequality and rampant injustices. America’s Growing Inequality: The Impact of Poverty and Race is an essential tool to educate, inspire, and energize people to fight for necessary change.
*Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO*

You need this helpful ammunition in the fight against inequality!
*Julian Bond, Chairman Emeritus, NAACP*

A very helpful analysis of our society’s deep-seated, persistent and shameful problems, along with guidelines for reform.
*Lani Guinier, Harvard Law School*