The effects of slavery and its various evolutions live on to this day. Black people are often funneled into some
of the most difficult jobs with lower wages, and continue to be targets of wage and land theft, exploitation,
and deprivation of fundamental human rights. The $14 trillion racial wealth gap is a direct legacy of U.S.
chattel slavery and the continued displacement, exploitation, and sanctioned theft of formerly enslaved
people and their descendants. In addition to severe economic damage, which extends beyond the racial
wealth gap, psychological, political, and cultural damages have hindered Black people’s mobility.