https://padlet.com/nevarezk8779/7wch5ipqt8ku4kdt topics en-us 2022-01-11 02:07:06 UTC 2022-01-11 02:38:01 UTC hello@padlet.com nevarezk8779 https://padlet.com/nevarezk8779/7wch5ipqt8ku4kdt/wish/1985084370 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/opinion/how-racist-is-america.html

The legacy of slavery and segregation, as well as the repercussions of racism, are visible in data concerning African Americans.  including as redlining, that have a catastrophic impact on Black wealth and opportunity. ]]> 2022-01-11 02:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nevarezk8779/7wch5ipqt8ku4kdt/wish/1985084370 nevarezk8779 https://padlet.com/nevarezk8779/7wch5ipqt8ku4kdt/wish/1985089461 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/28/gop-primary-america-racist-2024-500680

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have openly said that they do not believe America is a racist society. Republicans, on the other hand, are attempting to depict their party as out of touch with mainstream American opinion. By seeking to harness lightning-rod themes like critical race theory and "defund the cops," the GOP is indicating that race will once again be at the forefront of the 2024 election.]]> 2022-01-11 02:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nevarezk8779/7wch5ipqt8ku4kdt/wish/1985089461 nevarezk8779 https://padlet.com/nevarezk8779/7wch5ipqt8ku4kdt/wish/1985105817 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/01/22/black-americans-have-made-gains-in-u-s-political-leadership-but-gaps-remain/

Following the election of Joe Biden, a Black woman was sworn in as Vice President of the United States, twelve years after Barack Obama made history as the first Black president of the United States. Kamala Harris, who is of mixed Jamaican and Indian ancestry, is the first African-American, Asian-American, and woman to hold the country's second highest position.]]> 2022-01-11 02:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nevarezk8779/7wch5ipqt8ku4kdt/wish/1985105817 nevarezk8779 https://padlet.com/nevarezk8779/7wch5ipqt8ku4kdt/wish/1985106807 https://www.jstor.org/stable/440272

the article speaks about black representation and how much black representation that is already here but many more is needed.

"Congressional scholars generally take the position that members of Congress don't have to descriptively mirror their constituents in order to be responsive. Yet ample scholarship has shown that legislators work very hard at identifying with their constituents, at conveying the impression that they are alike in interests and opinions. Matching the race of the House member to their constituents' ratings in the 1996 National Black Election Study, I find that blacks consistently express higher levels of satisfaction with their representation in Washington when that representative is black, even controlling for other characteristics of the legislators, such as political party. "]]> 2022-01-11 02:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nevarezk8779/7wch5ipqt8ku4kdt/wish/1985106807 nevarezk8779 https://padlet.com/nevarezk8779/7wch5ipqt8ku4kdt/wish/1985115104 https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2019/04/09/how-americans-see-the-state-of-race-relations/

About six out of ten Americans (58 percent) believe that race relations in the United States are typically terrible, a sentiment shared by people of all races and ethnicities. Nonetheless, blacks (71 percent) are far more likely than whites (56 percent) and Hispanics (60 percent) to have negative feelings about racial relations.

Democrats hold a more pessimistic assessment of present racial relations than Republicans. Approximately two-thirds of Democrats (67%) believe racial relations are terrible, while Republicans are more equally split (46 percent say race relations are bad and 52 percent say they are good). When just white Democrats and Republicans are included, these political disparities remain nearly constant.]]> 2022-01-11 02:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nevarezk8779/7wch5ipqt8ku4kdt/wish/1985115104