On April 15th, Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Fenaba Addo joined the Kitchen table gathering event at the Brookings Institute, part of the launch for Andre Perry’s new book, Black Power Scorecard. Perry’s book draws on extensive research to measure how much power Black Americans have by examining property ownership, business, wealth, education, health, and social mobility.
During the panel, Perry addressed a familiar discussion: the ongoing discourse in Black communities about what men and women “bring to the table” in relationships. Addo responded to this, emphasizing that the conversation often misses the structural issues at play. She pointed out that when data shows correlations between father absence and lower life expectancy, the focus too often centers on family structure, particularly marriage, rather than the deeper issue, wealth.
Listen to the panel here: Kitchen table gathering: Black Power Scorecard
