![]() In fact, the gap between white and Black homeownership is bigger today than it was in 1960, when race-based discrimination in the U.S. But more than a century and a half after the end of slavery, property ownership eludes Black Americans more than any other racial group. There's also an assumption in this country that owning a home is the best way to build intergenerational wealth. Yet we began as a nation that considered Black people to be property, to be three-fifths of a person. You see there was a time when owning property was required simply to participate in this democracy. ![]() And one of the underpinnings of democracy, without question, is property ownership. This week, we're celebrating NPR's 50th anniversary, kicking off a series we're calling We Hold These Truths to examine what's working and what's not in American democracy. ![]()
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