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The Growth of the Suburbs - and the Racial Wealth Gap Lesson PlanThe Growth of the Suburbs - and the Racial Wealth Gap Lesson Plan
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The Growth of the Suburbs - and the Racial Wealth Gap

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This lesson explores structural racism by revealing the important role that family wealth plays in shaping life chances how opportunities to accumulate wealth have been racialized, and the roots and consequences of the current race-based wealth gap.

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