Racism has cost the US economy $16 billion since 2000

$16,000,000,000,000.

That's how much the U.S. economy has lost since 2000 because of discrimination against African Americans in areas including education and access to business loans, according to a new Citigroup study.https://t.co/N8179s4cCz

— NPR (@NPR) September 23, 2020

"America could have been $16 trillion richer if not for inequities in education, housing, wages and business investment between Black and White Americans…"

Imagine what we could've done with that wealth. Our GDP in 2018 was $20.5 trillion.https://t.co/YRytCxVuVn

— Adrienne Lawrence (@AdrienneLaw) September 24, 2020

Citigroup has figured out just how much money systemic racism in the United States has cost the country: $16 trillion over the past 20 years. https://t.co/UQnW55KxOj

— Black Enterprise (@blackenterprise) September 24, 2020