African-Americans' economic setbacks from the Great Recession are ongoing – and could be repeated
- Written by Vincent Adejumo, Lecturer of African American Studies, University of Florida
The financial crisis of 2009, the worst since the Great Depression, was hard on all Americans. But arguably no group felt its sting more than African-Americans, who were already the most economically and financially vulnerable segment of the population going into it.
Even today, a decade since the Great Recession hit, blacks still haven’t...