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Article: THE GAP JUST SHIFTS INCOMES FOR MINORITIES INCREASE, BUT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ECONOMIC LEVEL WITH WHITES REMAINS.(Special Pullouts)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- March 22, 1998
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Byline: Burt Hubbard Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
They are the fundamentals of life, yardsticks that people use to measure how they're doing: Wealth. Safety. The well-being of their children.
They are measures that should know no color barriers.
On the surface, Denver's minority neighborhoods appear to have reaped a windfall during the 1990s economic boom. The value of homes rose. Incomes increased. Crime dropped. The welfare rolls fell.
But a closer look at the numbers tells a story with a familiar conclusion: The gap between the city's whites and minorities remains huge - and in some cases has widened.
Teen-age births, ...