By Erica Canes
Read the full article from Hood Communist, here.
The language of identity is important but can also be used to erase those who should be lifted up.
Tag: racial equity and social justice
By Willow Lung-Amam and Nohely Alvarez
Read the full article from *CityLab, here.
The Biden administration has focused on homeownership in its attempts to address U.S. racial wealth disparities. There’s another kind of real estate that can help build wealth for small business owners.
By Devyn Springer
Read the full poem onProtean Magazine, here.
By Elie Mystal
Read the full article from The Nation here.
“[I]f we ignore the structural changes, the hard changes, the necessary changes, we will be back here. We will not break the cycle of violence against people of color or the polarization over whether our lives matter. It is literally already too late for Floyd to be the last unarmed Black man to be murdered by criminal police action. It is already too late for this time to be the last time the country is divided over whether a cop should be held accountable for their actions.”
By Will Stancil
Read the full article from The Atlantic here.
“In some respects, segregation is even more harmful in the suburbs than in major cities, which typically have a larger industrial and commercial tax base that allows them to weather crises and sustain public services. On average, predominantly nonwhite suburbs have the lowest per capita tax base of any community type in a major metropolitan area—about 25 percent less than major cities, and about 40 percent less than predominantly white suburbs.”
By Chloe Atkins
Read the full article from NBCBLK here.
“‘It has given a lot of women a voice who didn’t realize they had one or didn’t know how to use it,’ said Tamika Palmer, Taylor’s mother. ‘To see so many women become part of something and stand up and not feel ashamed or powerless because they’re women — that’s a blessing, and Breonna would’ve loved to see it.'”
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