Our History Lives in Our Homes: Tom Shapiro

Lecture Series: Structural Racism
Friday March 4, 2016
Structural Racism — the normalized and legitimized range of policies, practices, and attitudes that routinely produce cumulative chronic adverse outcomes for people of color — is the main driver of racial inequality in America today.
Tom Shapiro, Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy and Director of the Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis, spoke about his research, particularly the role homeownership, race and intergenerational inheritance, which led to his book, The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality.

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