Diminished Returns:The Black Wealth Gap in Washington, D.C.

Overview: In Washington, D.C. Black residents have faced barriers rooted in the legacies of enslavement, segregation, and serial displacement, all of which have contributed to the Black wealth gap still present today. This gap, the result of intentional policies, is starkly illustrated by the disparity in net worth between Black and white households in the D.C. Metropolitan area.

Director SABIYHA PRINCE, cultural anthropologist, has been a social justice organizer since the 1980s. Starting with the anti-apartheid movement, she has also been an environmental justice and anti-war activist working with The Washington Office on Africa and Greenpeace respectively. Prince, a published author and public speaker, also chairs the board of directors for Empower DC and is a founding member of its offshoot organization the DC Legacy Project.

Host or Publisher DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF)