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Jun 17, 2020 · A historic number of Americans are participating in these protests: According to the Pew Research Center, 6 percent of American adults have taken to the streets in recent weeks, a figure that...
Dec 31, 2022 · Data and research show how Black Americans experience different treatment from their white counterparts. These charts show the extent of racial disparities in America, in areas like...
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- Systemic Inequality
- Anti-Black Violence
- Protest
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- Allyship and Education
Between 1525 and 1866,12.5 million people were kidnapped from Africa and sent to the Americas through the transatlantic slave trade. Only 10.7 million survived the harrowing two month journey. Comprehending the sheer scale of this forced migration—and slavery’s subsequentspread across the country viainterregional trade—can be a daunting task, but a...
Racial, economic and educational disparities are deeply entrenched in U.S. institutions. Though the Declaration of Independence states that “all men are created equal,” American democracy has historically—and oftenviolently—excluded certain groups. “Democracy means everybody can participate, it means you are sharing power with people you don’t know...
In addition to enduring centuries of enslavement, exploitation and inequality, African Americans have long been the targets of racially charged physical violence. Per the Alabama-basedEqual Justice Initiative, more than4,400 lynchings—mob killings undertaken without legal authority—took place in the U.S. between the end of Reconstruction and World ...
The history ofprotest and revoltin the United States is inextricably linked with the racial violence detailed above. Prior to the Civil War, enslaved individuals rarely revolted outright. Nat Turner, whose 1831 insurrection ended in his execution, was one of the rare exceptions. A fervent Christian, he drew inspiration from the Bible. His personal ...
In layman’s terms,intersectionality refers to the multifaceted discrimination experienced by individuals who belong to multiple minority groups. As theorist Kimberlé Crenshaw explains in avideo published by NMAAHC, these classifications run the gamut from race to gender, gender identity, class, sexuality and disability. A black woman who identifies...
Individuals striving to becomebetter allies by educating themselves and taking decisive action have an array of options for getting started. Begin with NMAAHC’s “Talking About Race” portal, which features sections onbeing antiracist,whiteness,bias,social identities and systems of oppression,self-care,race and racial identity, thehistorical foundati...
Jun 11, 2020 · In 2015, in the wake of unrest in Ferguson, Mo., just half of Americans said they believed racial discrimination to be a “big problem,” and, in 2016, only a third considered black Americans...
Oct 12, 2021 · Key points. A review of American systems suggests that racism persists in society, despite the refusal of some to acknowledge it. Many argue that the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and...
Jul 3, 2024 · These Executive Orders aim to address the racial discrimination that persists in America today. This Issue Brief focuses on this present-day discrimination.
Apr 12, 2022 · Among people 15-24, white people are more than twice as likely to commit suicide, while Black men are nine times more likely to die by homicide.
