Race and Policy
Sara Owens, Program Specialist at the Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE), led a Professional Development learning experience on the topic of race and policy and how policies have played a role in the systematic oppression of African-Americans.
Following is the recording of the CETE Learn led by Owens and a variety of resources related to these concepts.
Do old laws and policies still matter and how do they affect us today? Sara Owens presents how policies have played a role in the systematic oppression of African-Americans. This includes black codes, pig laws, felony disenchanchisement, exclusionary zoning laws, redlining, segregated schools, voting, and more. [40 minutes in length]
Act.tv provides a closer look into how 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. [4 minutes in length]
How America's Housing System Undermines Wealth Building in Communities of Color
This report, created by the Center for American Progress, examines how government-sponsored displacement, exclusion, and segregation have exacerbated racial inequality in the United States. Public policies have removed people of color from their homes and federal, state, and local policies have fortified housing discrimination.
Systematic Inequality and Economic Opportunity
This report, created by the Center for American Progress, examines how government-sanctioned occupational segregation, exploitation, and neglect exacerbated racial inequality in the U.S.. Eliminating current disparities among Americans will require intentional public policy efforts to dismantle systematic inequality, combat discrimination in the workplace, and expand access to opportunity for all Americans.
To Truly Advance Racial Equity, City Leaders Need to Confront Racist Symbols
Urban Wire, Race and Ethnicity, the blog of the Urban Institute, explores why advancing racial equity will take not only transformation of tangible programs, systems, and structures but will also require symbolic rejection of racism and bias.
Systematic Inequality and American Democracy
Ccreated by the Center for American Progress, this report discusses how lawmakers continue to protect discriminatory policies and enact new flawed ones that preserve barriers to voting for people of color. Promoting full participation, therefore, will require intentional public policy efforts to dismantle long-standing barriers and protect the right to vote for all Americans.
