[BenLurkin]

the black-white income gap persists —- this is a discrimination issue.

Sorry, I just don't believe it.

[Tax-chick]

You missed the key dependent clause:

As framed by The Associated Press ...

It was a badly constructed sentence all around.

[Citizen Tom Paine]

I have not looked at the data, but I will bet a dollar against a dough nut that it is an education issue. I suspect that the income difference is related to who went on to school after graduating from high school. Skin color does not enter into it as such.

[TheThinker]

“the black-white income gap persists —- this is a discrimination issue.”

There are many blacks who live in better houses and drive cars way out of my price range. Not to mention legal protections they will probably recieve for the rest of my lifetime that can translate into ecomomic benefits. At the same time because of the crime rate and increasing mobility of the black community, the property wealth of whites has taken quite a hit in the past twenty years. I am unconcerned about an income gap because it has narrowed and the way it has narrowed.

[MrB]

If you can hire a staff of black people and/or women, pay them less, AND GET THE SAME LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE -

where are the companies that have all black women employees that are kicking the asses of all competitors because of the advantage of lower costs of employment?