Black corporate, nonprofit leaders say protests point to America's racial wealth gap, offer solutions investinyou (In partnership with acorns.)
Corporate and nonprofit leaders are echoing the anger, pain and frustration expressed by many Americans after the death of George Floyd, the 46-year-old black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25 after a white officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes.
"So much of this unrest, this civil unrest, is tied to economic inequality. That's just a fact. We need to move the needle on this economic inequality," said, president and co-CEO of Ariel Investments and a member of the board of directors at Starbucks, JPMorgan Chase and Quibi.
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