Meizhu Lui
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The Color of Wealth
October 4, 2006
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Income generation is one indicator of power differences between racial groups in the United States. For instance, in 1968 African Americans made 55 cents for every dollar a white person made. In 2004, it was 58 cents. But accumulated wealth, not income alone, may be the most revealing index of inequality.
So why the disparities? Author and organizer Meizhu Lui has some answers. Lui is from a family of Chinese immigrants. She was a kitchen worker for 20 years, and she rose through the labor ranks to become president of her local union. Now she's executive director of United for a Fair Economy, a non-partisan group that raises awareness about the damaging consequences of concentrated wealth and power in the United States.
Lui recently co-authored the book "The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide." She spoke in San Francisco at Cody's Books in June 2006. National Radio Project held a small joint-fundraiser reception with Meizhu Lui when she was in San Francisco on her book tour.
Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio.
Intern and technical assistant: Alexis McCrimmon.
Speech recorded by Yasuyo Nagata.
For more information:
United for A Fair Economy
29 Winter Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-423-2148; info@faireconomy.org
www.faireconomy.org
UFE's Racial Wealth Divide Project
www.racialwealthdivide.org