Inaccurate reporting on social inequality makes matters worse
“Recent reporting on ‘Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: An Intergenerational Perspective,’ published by the Equality of Opportunity Project, risks misleading audiences by cherry-picking the report’s findings and pushing its conclusions further than the data justify. The research uses census data that includes nearly all Americans now in their late 30s and documents significant disparities in income between racial groups, some of which substantially persisted across generations.”