Voices » The Atlantic.com http://voices.allthingsd.com from other Web sites Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:48:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg All Things Digital http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 The Story Behind the Story http://voices.allthingsd.com/20090916/the-story-behind-the-storymark-bowden/ http://voices.allthingsd.com/20090916/the-story-behind-the-storymark-bowden/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:02:53 +0000 Mark Bowden http://voices.allthingsd.com/?p=15463 By Mark Bowden, National Correspondent, Atlantic Monthly

With journalists being laid off in droves, ideologues have stepped forward to provide the “reporting” that feeds the 24-hour news cycle. The collapse of journalism means that the quest for information has been superseded by the quest for ammunition. A case-study of our post-journalistic age.

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About seven years ago, University of Chicago economists Kerwin Kofi Charles and Erik Hurst were researching the “wealth gap” between black and white Americans when they noticed something striking. African Americans not only had less wealth than whites with similar incomes, they also had significantly more of their assets tied up in cars.

The statistic fit a stereotype reinforced by countless bling-filled hip-hop videos: that African Americans spend a lot on cars, clothes, and jewelry–highly visible goods that tell the world the owner has money.

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