Brekke McDowell

Systemic racism affects every area of life in the US. From incarceration rates to predatory loans, and trying to solve these problems requires changes in major parts of our system. Heres a closer look at what systemic racism is, and how we can solve it.

Sources:

An overview of funding of public schools

www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/an-overview-of-the-funding-of-public-schools

Minorities who “whiten” job resumes get more interviews (Harvard Study)

hbswk.hbs.edu/item/minorities-who-whiten-job-resumes-get-more-interviews

Bureau of Labor Statistics (Unemployment rates by race and age)

www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpsee_e16.htm

Whites have a huge wealth gap over blacks (but don’t know it)

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/18/upshot/black-white-wealth-gap-perceptions.htm

The Effects of 1930s Redlining Maps

www.chicagofed.org/publications/working-papers/2017/wp2017-12

The Color of Money: how mortgage lending practices discriminate against blacks. (1989 Pulitzer Prize investigative Reporting)

powerreporting.com/color/

Additional Viewer Resources:

Public School Funding in the US

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_school_funding_in_the_United_States

Redlining

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining

Institutional Racism

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_racism

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