In 2014, Charlotte got some unsettling news – despite its booming economy, the American Dream was floundering here. A Harvard-Berkeley study found a child born in poverty had the lowest chances among major U.S. cities of making it out of poverty. It was a rallying cry for government, nonprofits, and companies to work together to improve those odds. But now, eight years later, it’s hard to tell whether we've made progress on those efforts.
Bank of America, Lowe's, Truist Financial, and more sponsored a United Way critical race theory challenge claiming that America is institutionally racist and urging people to get "woke at work" and "cede power to people of color."
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