“I maintain that the period during the first half of the 1990s, the period in which rising inequality reached its peak, was a period in which we came very, very close to a demagogic immobilization of racism in this society.”
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William Julius Wilson
William Julius Wilson is an American sociologist renowned for his research on urban poverty and racial issues. His works, 'The Truly Disadvantaged' and 'When Work Disappears', have had a profound impact on understanding social inequality and racial segregation in American cities. more
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