♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> dedrick asante-muhammed joins us now he is with the national community reinvestment coalitions a fell within such a for policy studied and mr. dedrick asante-muhammed a quote from the federal reserve report on this issue of the racial wealth gap in america. this is what that report said. long-standing andas substantial wealth disparity between family and different racial ethnic groups were little changeed since the last survey in 2016 paid the typical white family has eight times the wealth of the typical black family and five times the wealth of the typical hispanic family. the question, how did we get here that the typical white family has eight times the wealth of the typical black family? think the question is more what do we not do to remain with this great disparity? i always like to say, hurt your conversation earlier this morning about racial inequality. the foundation of racial inequality as racial economic inequality. the foundation of racial economic inequality is the racial wealth divide. we have had this deep wealth inequality in our country since its beginning pa

host: dedrick asante-muhammed, you want to take that? caller: we did a snapshot -- guest: we did a snapshot called immigrants and the racial divide. the basic analysis that i put forward is that immigrants who come here with highly skilled, highly trained with income, they do well, they have good income and high owner -- high homeownership rates. those who come without it don't do as well in part of the challenge is we are in a very regressive economy. it's been a big challenge for african-americans in those who experienced racism in this country because as the country bifurcated more and more, over the last 40 years we have seen a regressive economy keep lacked progress from moving forward in what we similarly see his immigrant communities, if they come in lower income, they stay lower income and are given the negative consequences of a regressive economy but with a high income they do much better and i think that's what you are seeing in terms of different immigrant groups and how some are doing much better than those, black, white, or

host: dedrick asante-muhammed, you want to take that?r: we did a snapshot -- guest: we did a snapshot called immigrants and the racial divide. the basic analysis that i put forward is that immigrants who come here with highly skilled, highly trained with income, they do well, they have good income and high owner -- high homeownership rates. those who come without it don't do as well in part of the challenge is we are in a very regressive economy. it's been a big challenge for african-americans in those who experienced racism in this country because as the country bifurcated more and more, over the last 40 years we have seen a regressive economy keep lacked progress from moving forward in what we similarly see his immigrant communities, if they come in lower income, they stay lower income and are given the negative consequences of a regressive economy but with a high income they do much better and i think that's what you are seeing in terms of different immigrant groups and how some are doing much better than those, black, white, or latin

then dedrick asante-muhammed talks about the racial wealth gap in the u.s. and proposals to close that gap. watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. >> coming up live, wednesday, on the c-span networks. president biden speaks about the covid-19 response and the vaccination program at 1:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. at 3:00 p.m., an update on space operations with a news nf

emerging cyber weapons watch book tv tonight starting at eight eastern on cspan2 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> dedrick asante-muhammedw he is with the national community reinvestment coalition. serves as a fell within such a for policy studied and mr. dedrick asante-muhammed a quote from the federal reserve report on this issue of the racial wealth gap in america. this is what that report said.

then dedrick asante-muhammed talks about the racial wealth gap in the u.s. and proposals to close that gap. watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. >> coming up live, wednesday, on the c-span networks. president biden speaks about the covid-19 response and the vaccination program at 1:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. at 3:00 p.m., an update on space operations with a news conference to follow. on c-span2, a look at the future of conservative foreign policy posted by the american enterprise institute. >> house lawmakers held a hearing marking the centennial of the tulsa race massacre, when a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in tulsa, oklahoma. three of the oldest living survivors shared their childhood experiences and lives following the massacre. authorized this is about 2.5 hours. time. i will come everyone to today's hearing on continuing injustice the centennial of the tulsa centennial race massacre. before we continue i to remind members we have a distribution list to circulating motions who wants to offer