Clifton Harris, president and CEO of the Urban League of Middle Tennessee,

Clifton Harris, president and CEO of the Urban League of Middle Tennessee

A new report highlights the impact that the racial wage gap has on the Nashville economy as a whole. 

The USC Equity Research Institute, PolicyLink and Lightcast worked on the report in partnership with the Urban League of Middle Tennessee. Researchers determined that the Nashville-area economy could have been $9.5 billion larger in 2018 alone if racial disparities in pay were eliminated.