Atlanta's Racial Wealth Gap, In Context 

Atlanta never recovered from redlining and zoning that killed any economic advancement in black neighborhoods.

I love that the ajc is covering this

The pay gap is all about those who refuse to give everyone the same pay rate. For those who do the same work.

Honestly it has everything to do with education, legacy and opportunities sought in the career sector. Atlanta is a city that thrives with entreprenuers, business owners, and professionals in various careers. People have to take their education no matter where they live seriously and also seek opportunities that will give them the chance to make a better/higher income. Certain groups of people are aware of this and teach this to their children and groom them this way. While other groups of people act very unaware and ignorant to understanding the true value of taking education seriously. If you want to learn you will learn regardless of circumstances. Foreigners are the primary example of understanding that by taking education seriously and starting businesses matter regardless of how poor they start out. I wish my black people would stop making excuses already and overcome.

Good podcast.

Good video but too much background sound.

More African Americans would be in the position to work and/or earn wealth if in every profession, they didn't need to navigate and overcome so much bias. In the past, systemic racism was pervasive and it was made legal by the United States government. Some would argue the remnants of systemic racism are still a challenge, but thankfully many racist laws have been repealed since the Civil Rights Act. However, that didn't stop individual bias, which is now the current fight against racism. In my two industries, for example, which are education and real estate, bias runs rampant. The vast majority of America's homebuyers and sellers are white, and they only hire white realtors. Many black realtors, and black realtors in particular, are avoided by the nation's buyers and sellers.This results in a high turnover of black agents being forced to leave the real estate industry, because they aren't being hired as often as white real estate agents. In education, the vast majority of principals who interview teachers for teaching positions at their schools are white females. In my 20 years in education, I've noticed there is a preference for white females, because the principals are white females. Far too often, principals will choose teachers who remind them of themselves, especially in affluent communities where public schools tend to be better supported and teachers get paid more. Affluent neighborhoods is where you will see a high concentration of white female educators and hardly any black educators with classrooms. The black educators are all concentrated in the worst schools in America, because those are the only schools that give black educators opportunities to teach. Not every black person is equipped with the skills necessary to navigate bias. Many people now assume racism is over, so they don't prepare their children for bias, especially bias that is difficult to prove. After many years of trying to get accepted, some black job applicants (with college degrees) might give up out of frustration because they are either unaware they're being discriminated against or they know it, but it would difficult to prove and too complicated to address with certainty. To rid ourselves of bias that prevents people from having a decent job, people everywhere must realize accepting differences in the workplace isn't limited to accepting different skin colors. That is minimal acceptance. You are not truly being accepting of others in the workplace if the people you accept are brown, but they must also talk like you, be like you, and remind you of people you already know. Remember, there are different ways of being, which you must also accept.

So let’s be clear when you say black wealth in Atlanta is 28k while white people in buckhead wealth is 100K! ! Geography is key you ignored that 90% of black Americans in Atlanta actually live in metro Atlanta (outside the city limits) via South Fulton, DeKalb county, Rockdale county, Henry county, Clayton county, Douglas county Cobb county Gwinnett county! A.k.a. majority black wealth/counties, the low income Black people are primarily in the city limit of Atlanta (south/west/east area) of the city