Willie Wilson: Elected leaders have failed to fully address glaring disparities that place African Americans first in many negative socioeconomic indicators.
• According to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, 65,611 people experienced homelessness in Chicago in 2020. The coalition reports that more than half of those experiencing homelessness are Black.
Elected officials should be troubled by the widening inequities. During the 1990s economic boom, African American communities on the South and West sides remained trapped in poverty, according to the 2000 census. Between 1960 and 2010, median income for Black Chicagoans rose by only $24,571, whereas for white Chicagoans, it increased by $51,052, theElected leaders have failed to fully address glaring disparities that place African Americans first in many negative socioeconomic indicators.
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