A just-released study from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press reporting a record high wealth gap between whites and blacks should have been labeled "handle with care."
Because care is needed to examine the complex reality behind the fact that "median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households. ..."
And without care, this information will be abused and misused by those in the race business as another excuse to claim racism and demand exactly what blacks, or any of us, do not need -- more government.
And, indeed, the Rev. Al Sharpton has already announced plans for protest in Washington, along with the statement: "For those who think we live in some sort of post-racial society, I have news for you: we're anything but."
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/07/poor-are-not-poor-because-rich-are-rich#ixzz1TrnbGufK
