White families had about $90,000 more wealth — in 2021 dollars — than their Black counterparts in 1984, an alarmingly wide gap. But by 2021, the gap had widened to almost $160,000. My recent ...

White families had about US$90,000 more wealth – in 2021 dollars – than their Black counterparts in 1984, an alarmingly wide gap. But by 2021, the gap had widened to almost $160,000.