This article presents a set of comparative data related to racial inequality in the United States and Brazil throughout the twenty-first century. Within the limitations of available data, we highlight four limited but important dimensions, that is, demography, education, the labor market, and earnings that illustrate racial inequality in both countries. In doing so, we aim to investigate and critically update Andrews’s work (1992) on the last three decades with available data. Despite some improvements in absolute terms related to racial inequities, we show that in both Brazil and the United States, economic growth periods do not necessarily mean that income among blacks is catching up with that of whites. Similarly, in both countries, economic crisis and recovery phases are experienced differently depending on the individual’s race.

JEL Classification: D31, D63, J7, J15

本文介绍了一组与整个 21 世纪美国和巴西种族不平等相关的比较数据。在现有数据的限制下，我们强调了四个有限但重要的维度，即人口、教育、劳动力市场和收入，它们说明了两国的种族不平等。在此过程中，我们的目标是利用可用数据调查和批判性地更新 Andrews 在过去三年中的工作（1992 年）。尽管与种族不平等相关的绝对值有所改善，但我们表明，在巴西和美国，经济增长期并不一定意味着黑人的收入正在赶上白人。同样，在这两个国家，经济危机和复苏阶段的经历因人而异。

JEL分类： D31、D63、J7、J15