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President Obama’s recent announcement to reappoint Federal Reserve Chair Ben S. Bernanke came on the heels of Bernanke’s meeting with world bankers who declared the global economy to be back on track to normal. But for most, “normal” is not something to look forward to.

Earlier this year I traveled the country researching race and the recession. From Detroit to Tucson, Providence to San Antonio, I met people for whom the recovery could mean very little if it fails to address the structures of racial inequity in the economy. And just as these disparities are hazardous to people of color, these structures are some of the same that helped push us all into recession.

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