Closing The Racial Wealth Gap

Abstract

This Article explores a few remedies to closing the racial wealth gap rooted in a theory
of contract damages. The U.S. government has failed to live up to its promises to Black
Americans to treat them equally under the law and thus a remedy is justified. Though a
full reparations program is necessary and theoretically justified, this Article does not
focus on a full-scale reparations program. Rather, the Article explores how a housing
grant might work as one solution to closing the racial wealth gap given the current
constitutional interpretation and political barriers.