Chapter 4 Toolkit: Wealth Gap

Let Them Eat Cake: The Damage Caused by The Wealth Gap

What to Read

1 . Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

2 . The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It by  Robert B. Reich

3 . Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

4 . The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

5 . Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

  • 6 . The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future by Joseph Stiglitz

    7 . https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/hbo-2019/the-massacre-of-black-wall-street/3217

What to Watch

1 . Parasite 

2 . Knives Out

3 . (Netflix) Explained: Racial Wealth Gap episode

4 . Okja

5 . (PBS) Growing Up Poor in America

  • 6 .  The Pursuit of Happiness

    7 . Stockton On My Mind

    8 . Roma

Organizations to Support

1 . Jobs with Justice

2 . Other 98 Percent

3 . Economic Hardship Reporting Project

4 . Restaurant Opportunities Center

5 . Black Economic Alliance

6 . National Domestic Workers Alliance

7 . Policy Link

What You Can Do

1 . Challenge ideas and assumptions. Do your best to learn about the specific poverty issues in your community, and bring awareness to them. 

2 . Donate funds and time & find volunteer opportunities. Mutual aid and crowdfunding is a good way to help individuals. 

3 . Attend demonstrations or rallies to increase awareness and pressure officials and businesses to create more equitable policies and practices

4 . Support pay transparency. Particularly if you belong to a group that is privileged over another, share your pay and provide information that helps others negotiate fair pay.

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