A review of over 30 years of data on over 6,000 families found that a larger percentage of blacks born to the bottom 10 percent of families ranked by income remained there as adults compared to whites.

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Studies on economic mobility have consistently shown that African Americans born into lower-income families are more likely to remain in lower-income brackets as adults compared to their white counterparts. This is attributed to systemic inequalities, including differences in access to quality education, employment opportunities, and social networks.

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