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Thomas M. Shapiro (born 1947) is a professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Brandeis University and is the author of The Hidden Cost of Being African American and the co-author of Black Wealth/White Wealth. Shapiro's current professional titles include the Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy and the Director of the Institute on Assets ...
Shapiro's main argument centers on the fact that wealth is inherited by white Americans from generation to generation. This wealth, according to Shapiro keeps many whites in the middle, and upper classes, while Blacks who do not have access to such large inherited wealth stay in the lower classes.
Mar 20, 2017 · In his new book, Toxic Inequality: How America's Wealth Gap Destroys Mobility, Deepens the Racial Divide, and Threatens Our Future, Tom Shapiro, a professor of law and sociology at Brandeis ...
- Gillian B. White
Thomas M. Shapiro argues in this sober and authoritative book that we should look to disparities of wealth for the answer.
Mar 24, 2021 · Claremont, Calif. (March 24, 2021)—Pitzer College President Melvin L. Oliver and Brandeis University Professor Thomas M. Shapiro literally wrote the book on the racial wealth gap more than 25 years ago. First published in 1995, Oliver and Shapiro’s Black Wealth/White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality changed the way we ...
Feb 23, 2004 · NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to author Thomas Shapiro about his new book, The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality. Shapiro is the Pokross Chair of Law and...
Aug 22, 1995 · Thomas M. Shapiro is a professor at the Heller School for Social Policy, Brandeis University and is the author The Hidden Costs of Being African American and the co-author of Black Wealth/White Wealth.
- Thomas M. Shapiro, Melvin L. Oliver
