a memenomics-spiral dynamics view on race and polarization
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Poverty Statistics
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN AMERICAINSTITUTITIONALIZED RACISM OR FAILURE OF POLICY
An Integral Perspective
Poverty Rate by Race and EthnicityPercent below the poverty line
Net change by Race 1963-2011:
Black: -33% White: -33% Asian: -25% Hispanic: +13.6%,
50 YEARS OF INCOME INEQUALITY US FAMILY INCOME RATIO: BLACK:ALL:WHITE
50 year average. For every dollar earned by a Black family All other families earned $1.53, white families earned $1.68
1965 1975 1985 1995 2005 2015*
1:1.64:- 1:1.61:1.71 1:1:59:1.74 1:1.59:1.63 1:1.53:1.60 1:1.53:1.70
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN AMERICAINSTITUTITIONALIZED RACISM OR FAILURE OF POLICY
An Integral Perspective
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, annual social and economic supplements
Source: Economic Policy Institute
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN AMERICAINSTITUTITIONALIZED RACISM OR FAILURE OF POLICY
An Integral Perspective
Ratio of black to white unemployment rate 1963-2012
Narrowest Gap 1.8 timesEnd of Great Society Era
Largest Gap 2.8 timesEnd of Reagan-Bush Era
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN AMERICAINSTITUTITIONALIZED RACISM OR FAILURE OF POLICY
Ratio of black to white unemployment rate Through the Prism of MEMEnomics
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Third MEMEnomic
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The Only Money Matters MEME
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Second MEMEnomic
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Patriotic Prosperity MEME
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Fourth MEMEnomic Cycle - 2010s-
Democratization of Information & Resources
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Projected to become worse in the Fourth MEMEnomic Cycle
T I M E O F A P P E A R A N C E O F L I F E C O N D I T I O N S
1860s-1930s
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THE FOUR MEMENOMIC CYCLES IN US HISTORYDECL INE & ENTROPY OF THE TH IRD CYCLE
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JFK’s Spiral Wizardry, LBJ’s Great Society and the Decline & Entropy of the Patriotic Prosperity Cycle
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ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN AMERICAINSTITUTITIONALIZED RACISM OR FAILURE OF POLICY
An Integral Perspective
T ipp ing Toward a Whi te Minor i ty Source: Bloomberg Business, June 12, 2013
The institution of marriage; the first Blue structure for adults that arrests RED and establishes the foundation for family economic security.
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN AMERICAINSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM OR FAILURE OF POLICY
An Integral Perspective
The Interior Quadrants
Percent of Children Living with one Parent by Race
Source: Child Protective Services, 2012