Centre for Research on Families and Relationships

Inherited Inequality: Why Opportunity Gaps Persist between Black and White Youth Raised in Two-Parent Families

Friday 16 January 2026

1pm – 3pm

Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building

Venue: Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building

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Join Professor Christina Cross, Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University, to explore a groundbreaking study challenging basic tenets of US social welfare policy with proof that raising Black children in two-parent families does not close racial gaps in life outcomes. This discussion is based on Prof Cross’s publication, Inherited Inequality: Why Opportunity Gaps Persist between Black and White Youth Raised in Two-Parent Families.

Organised by Social Policy, co-badged with GENDER.ED and The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships. 

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