“The typical black family in this country has one-tenth the wealth of the typical white family.”
Social media posts
In congressional testimony. Claim dated 19 Jun 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 June 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 July 2019, 12 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcCnQ3iRkys
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