“The aggregate is telling one story,” said Kyaien Conner, the director of the Center on Race and Social Problems at the University of Pittsburgh. “However, it’s important that we also look at the fact that this experience isn’t shared equally by all members of the Pittsburgh community.”
She pointed to longstanding practices — from redlining that suppressed Black homeownership and intergenerational wealth to what she called persistent gaps in jobs, wages, and education. Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.