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Here are ten examples of systemic racism in the United States. #1. Education. #2. Employment and wealth. #3. Homeownership. #4. Food insecurity. #5. Healthcare. #6. Policing and surveillance. #7. The criminal justice system. #8. Environmental racism. #9. Digital inequity. #10. Immigration policy.
Definition of racism, its history, implications, and current state. Learn the facts about internalized, horizontal, and reverse racism.
This article defines systemic and structural racism, using examples; explains how they damage health through many causal pathways; and suggests approaches to dismantling them.
Microaggressions have become so ubiquitous that those who commit them might not consider them to be racist. Below are examples of some common comments and questions that are rooted in racism, with explanations of why they should be avoided. 1. “I don’t even see you as [racialized identity].”
Racism elicits hatred and distrust and precludes any attempt to understand its victims. Many societies attempt to combat racism by raising awareness of racist beliefs and practices and by promoting human understanding in public policies.
Racism, both structural and interpersonal, are fundamental causes of health inequities, health disparities and disease. The impact of these inequities on the health of Americans is severe, far-reaching, and unacceptable.
Examples include residential segregation, unfair lending practices and other barriers to home ownership and accumulating wealth, schools' dependence on local property taxes, environmental injustice, biased policing and sentencing of men and boys of color, and voter suppression policies.
From Smithsonian magazine articles on slavery’s Trail of Tears and the disturbing resilience of scientific racism to the National Museum of American History’s collection of Black History Month...
Article 6 of the ICERD establishes the right to remedy and to seek just and adequate reparation for acts of racial discrimination such as enslavement, the many post-emancipation crimes against...
Look back at the moments in politics, policing and culture that defined the extraordinary year in which America was forced to confront racism – and in some cases moved the needle toward change.