the average black family and over the past 3 decades white house hold well far exceeds blacks were garlits of the recessions or economic of people in fact not only do white households require recover quicker after recessions are downturns they also tend to gain even more wealth. and if all things remain constant black wealth could actually drop to a net 0 nada zilch by the year 2053 according to a report by the nonprofit prosperity now 2 of the nation's leading civil rights leaders recently sat down with business insider to dispel the myths about the racial wealth gap and what it will take to close it. marc morial president c.e.o. of the national urban league and former president and c.e.o. of been jealous a lot to say morial shut down the idea that the racial wealth gap could be eliminated by race neutral policies he said quote we saw the value of this most recently in the code 1000 federal relief package which failed to reach the black communities that were hardest hit and ben jealous added a note on the myth of individual behavior being the reason the wealth gap exists saying quote we'v