https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q Yaw en-us 2021-05-20 12:17:07 UTC 2021-05-21 02:32:19 UTC hello@padlet.com mensahy8573 https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q/wish/1543503072 Vice President Kamala Harris seemed to agree with Scott when she said, “I don’t think America is a racist country.” Yet immediately following this sentence she quickly pointed out, “But we also do have to speak truth about the history of racism in our country and its existence today.”]]> 2021-05-20 12:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q/wish/1543503072 mensahy8573 https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q/wish/1543509744 But racial disparities exist in the US healthcare system, its criminal justice system, its educational system and its economic system. Those gaps are wide. They are persistent. And, in some cases, racial disparities have grown over time rather than narrowed.]]> 2021-05-20 12:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q/wish/1543509744 mensahy8573 https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q/wish/1543510826 Equal opportunity is the bedrock of American democracy, and our diversity is one of our country’s greatest strengths. But for too many, the American Dream remains out of reach. Entrenched disparities in our laws and public policies, and in our public and private institutions, have often denied that equal opportunity to individuals and communities.]]> 2021-05-20 12:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q/wish/1543510826 mensahy8573 https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q/wish/1543511710 As America’s political parties release their policy platforms against the backdrop of racial justice uprisings, a global pandemic, and a deepening economic recession, nine major racial justice groups, together with Professor Darrick Hamilton, call for the parties to focus on racial equity as a core principle that should shape every policy for our country.]]> 2021-05-20 12:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q/wish/1543511710 mensahy8573 https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q/wish/1543512688 the history of the United States is often taught from the perspective of the dominant culture , without acknowledgement of the racist policies and actions of the U.S. government. ]]> 2021-05-20 12:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q/wish/1543512688 mensahy8573 https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q/wish/1543513506 Only 10.7 million survived the harrowing two month journey. Comprehending the sheer scale of this forced migration—and slavery’s subsequent spread across the country]]> 2021-05-20 12:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mensahy8573/7tv7ci5yewc634q/wish/1543513506