racial inequality To Reduce Racial Inequality in the Criminal Justice System, Government Should Explore Ways to Reduce Police Stops, Detention, and Long Sentences, Says New Report By Published On :: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 05:00:00 GMT To reduce racial disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system, policymakers at all levels should explore ways to decrease police stops and searches, jail detention, prison admission, and long sentences through coordinated policy reforms. Full Article
racial inequality What A 1968 Report Tells Us About The Persistence Of Racial Inequality By www.gpbnews.org Published On :: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money 's newsletter. You can sign up here . In summer of 1967, African Americans protested, marched, and rioted in cities across the country. The unrest convinced President Lyndon Johnson to set up the Kerner Commission, which spent about six months doing research, visiting slums, and holding hearings. In 1968, they published a provocative report that civil rights leader Jesse Jackson recently called "the last attempt to address honestly and seriously the structural inequalities that plague African Americans." "Segregation and poverty have created in the racial ghetto a destructive environment totally unknown to most white Americans," the Kerner report said. "What white Americans have never fully understood — but what the Negro can never forget — is that white society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it." Fifty years later, Americans are taking to the Full Article
racial inequality Why Teacher Mindsets Matter When It Comes to Racial Inequality By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 New research shows that teacher mindsets matter when it comes to racial inequities. Here's how to build a classroom culture that makes a difference. Full Article Growth+Mindset
racial inequality Jobs Report Reveals Racial Inequality in Unemployment at an Historic Low, Thanks to Pandemic By www.newsweek.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:19:00 -0400 More than 20 million Americans lost their jobs in the last month, and unemployment among African-Americans has hit 16.7 percent. Full Article
racial inequality Mayor Bill de Blasio appoints his wife head of coronavirus racial inequality task force By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 21:29:24 GMT Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that he believes it will take more than 20 months to fully rebuild New York City and announces different councils that will focus on reopening the Big Apple. Full Article
racial inequality Uneven urbanscape: spatial structures and ethnoracial inequality / Paul M. Ong, Silvia R. Gonzalez By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 06:00:02 EST Rotch Library - HT151.O67 2019 Full Article
racial inequality Despite the best intentions: how racial inequality thrives in good schools / Amanda E. Lewis and John B. Diamond By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 06:21:43 EST Hayden Library - LC212.2.L49 2015 Full Article