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Economic inequality continues to be one of the most hotly debated topics in America but there has been relatively little discussion of the fact that blackwhite gaps in joblessness income poverty and other measures were shrinking prior to the pandemic Why was it happening and why did this phenomenon go unacknowledged by so much of the media

In The Black Boom Jason L Rileyacclaimed Wall Street Journal columnist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institutedigs into the data and concludes that the economic lives of black people improved significantly under policies put into place during the Trump administration

Less inequality is something that everyone wants but disapproval of Trumps personality and methods too often skewed the medias appraisal of effective policies advocated by his administration If we want to make real progress in improving the lives of lowincome minorities says Riley we must look beyond our partisan differences at what works and keep doing it Unfortunately many press outlets were unable or unwilling to do that