"November 20, 2019, was Latina Equal Pay day. That means Latinas had to work all of 2018 and until this day in 2019 to catch up with what white men were paid in 2018 alone." - Lean In
"African Americans have endured racism within American society for hundreds of years. Studies conducted over time have been consistent in proving that racism not only impacts social stratification, but also the ability of African Americans to be healthy- both mentally and physically. This burden- a burden that is indeed inescapable for black and brown people in this country- causes African Americans to die prematurely and experience chronic illnesses and mental health challenges at higher rates than white Americans" - Jamila Taylor, Director of Health Care Reform and Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation
"The paradox in the identification of Southeast Asians is that while in the larger scale, they are grouped into the model minority category, inside public high schools they are written off by teachers and guidance counselors who hold little hope or expectation for them... A research study conducted with academically successful Cambodian students found that students distanced themselves from their Cambodian identity in order to avoid the negative consequences of being labeled Cambodian in the academic setting as well as their community. Students felt that abandoning their identity would release them from unrealistic expectations from the outside world, and inadequate support at school" - excerpt from blog post 'The Harmful Silencing of Southeast Asian Americans' written by Noah Kim
"Native American leaders across California said Covid-19 deaths have shrouded their communities, yet state figures show few American Indian people have died here compared with other states with significant indigenous populations. Leaders and experts fear deaths in their communities have been undercounted because of a long history of Native Americans being racially misclassified.
This damaging practice can bar native people from getting the help and resources they actually need, they said.
California has the largest number of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States and the largest number of American Indians and Alaska Natives living in urban centers. They are often declared White, Latino or Black on official forms by uninformed hospital workers, according to community leaders and various studies. Sometimes they are simply listed as "other."
..."We're born Indian and we die White," said Hedrick, of the Consortium for Urban Indian Health." - Excerpt from article 'We're born indian and we die white: Indigenous leaders in California fear COVID deaths are going undercounted' written by Kate Cimini
"Although American public policies had intentionally displaced people of color for centuries prior, two of the most well-known examples are the Indian Removal Act and the Dawes Act...The Dawes Act forcibly converted communally held tribal lands into small, individually owned lots. The federal government then seized two-thirds of reservation lands and redistributed the land to white Americans...The result was the erosion of tribal traditions, the displacement of thousands of families, and the loss of 90 million acres of valuable land.
But the systemic removal of Native Americans did not end in the 1800s: Between 1945 and 1968, federal laws terminated more than 100 tribal nations' recognition and placed them under state jurisdiction, contributing to the loss of millions of additional acres of tribal land.
...In the early 1850s, New York City lawmakers used eminent domain to destroy a thriving predominantly Black community in Manhattan, displacing thousands of residents in order to create the public space known today as Central Park. And just 30 years ago, Atlanta lawmakers demolished the United States' oldest federally subsidized affordable housing project, displacing more than 30,000 predominantly Black families to create Centennial Olympic Park...
American lawmakers have long touted the importance of property ownership, affordable housing, and economic development. However, policymaking has too often coincided with the systematic removal of people of color from their homes and communities. Historic and ongoing displacement has destabilized communities and exacerbated racial disparities in economic indicators of well-being...
At the turn of the century, banks disproportionately issued speculative loans to Black and Latinx homebuyers, even when they qualified for less risky options. These 'subprime loans' had higher-than-average interest rates that could cost homeowners up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional interest payments. During the financial crisis, Black and Latinx households lost 48 percent and 44 percent of their wealth, respectively, due in part to these practices.
...Perhaps the clearest - but least recognized - example of government-backed segregation was the creation of Chinatowns across the continental United States...Lawmakers largely stood by as mobs terrorized Chinese communities and even enacted legislation that restricted Chinese immigrants' employment opportunities, limited their mobility, and prohibited them from voting or purchasing property...Chinatowns were generally not created as the result of a natural tendency to self-segregate, but rather due to various federal, state, and local policies prohibiting Chinese Americans from fully participating in the United States housing and employment markets." Excerpt from article 'Systemic Inequality: Displacement, Exclusion, and Segregation' written by Danyelle Solomon, Conor Maxwell, and Abril Castro
