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Inherited inequality : why opportunity gaps persist between Black and white youth raised in two-parent families /

"Christina Cross decisively refutes culture-of-poverty narratives blaming family structure for persistent racial inequality. Marshalling extensive longitudinal data, Cross shows that Black kids raised in two-parent homes still fare worse than white counterparts, inviting a wholesale rethinking...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cross, Christina J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2025.
Subjects:
African American children > Longitudinal studies.
African American families > Public opinion.
Families > United States > Longitudinal studies.
Families > United States > Public opinion.
Equality > United States.
African Americans > Education > Longitudinal studies.
Race discrimination > United States.
Familles noires américaines > Opinion publique.
Familles > États-Unis > Études longitudinales.
Familles > États-Unis > Opinion publique.
Enfants noirs américains > Études longitudinales.
Noirs américains > Éducation > Études longitudinales.
HISTORY / United States / General.
African American children.
African American families.
African Americans > Education.
Equality.
Families > Public opinion.
Families.
Race discrimination.
United States
Longitudinal studies.
Études longitudinales.
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Summary:"Christina Cross decisively refutes culture-of-poverty narratives blaming family structure for persistent racial inequality. Marshalling extensive longitudinal data, Cross shows that Black kids raised in two-parent homes still fare worse than white counterparts, inviting a wholesale rethinking of the logics underlying US social-welfare policy."-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:x, 245 pages 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674278493
0674278496