12 charts that show how Black Americans face alarming economic inequality — and suggest it could wor

The recent wave of Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality are also serving to highlight gaping economic inequality between white and Black Americans. These gaps have served to stagnate the financial wellbeing of Black people for generations, experts say. "Racism generates exclusion, discrimination, oppression, exploitation in a number of ways," Valerie Wilson, a director at the Economic Policy Institute, told Business Insider.  Twelve charts show racial disparities in...