Monologue #8: A Third Reconstruction

Racial inequality and discrimination are still the American pestilence. The U.S. government must enact a plan that will cure it.

Readings:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/438/text

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/02/27/examining-the-black-white-wealth-gap/

https://www.epi.org/publication/african-americans-concentrated-neighborhoods/

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2020/08/12/489260/black-white-wealth-gap-will-widen-educational-disparities-coronavirus-pandemic/

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/press-release/2002/minority-americans-lag-behind-whites-nearly-every-measure-health-care-quality#:~:text=Minority%20Americans%20Have%20Lower%20Rates,care%20experiences%20for%20all%20Americans.&text=Uninsured%20minorities%20are%20even%20more,obtaining%20access%20to%20health%20care.

https://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/metro-and-regional-inequalities/transportation/moving-to-equity-addressing-inequitable-effects-of-transportation-policies-on-minorities/sanchez-moving-to-equity-transportation-policies.pdf

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/09/poverty-rates-for-blacks-and-hispanics-reached-historic-lows-in-2019.html