What were the key factors that led to the Great Depression?

1). What were the key factors that led to the Great Depression?

2). Explain what Clint Smith meant by the notion that ‘racism sometimes works by hiding behind race-neutral language to produce the same racist outcomes,’ using specific examples of the Great Depression.

3). How does the whitewashing of the Great Depression, and displacement of its racist dynamics, shape the dominant narratives of poverty in the US?

4). Respond to at least 2 of your classmates