EMPLOYMENT, WEALTH, AND HOUSING
The homeownership gap between blacks and whites is larger today than it was in 1934, which is when the Federal Housing Administration [FHA] was established
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/23/black-homeownership-gap/ Black and Latinos are far less likely to get approved for a home loan and when approved pay higher interest rates.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/19/lenders-deny-mortgages-for-blacks-at-a-rate-80percent-higher-than-whites.html
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/10/blacks-and-hispanics-face-extra-challenges-in-getting-home-loans/
Homes owned by Latinos and African Americans are routinely appraised below market value.
Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities Andre M. Perry (book)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/realestate/blacks-minorities-appraisals-discrimination.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/23/1039771981/black-latino-homeownership-real-estate-wealth-disparities-appraisals-undervalue
African Americans are less likely to get interviews and jobs if their name is “African American”
https://www.nber.org/papers/w9873
https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/minorities-who-whiten-job-resumes-get-more-interviews
~30% of Latinos report discrimination in the housing and job markets.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/poll-latinos-discrimination/
WAGE GAP
Black men make less than equally qualified white men.
https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/compensation/pages/racial-wage-gaps-persistence-poses-challenge.aspx
Latinas are paid 55 cents for every dollar paid to White, non-Hispanic men. https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/economic-justice/fair-pay/latinas-wage-gap.pdf
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Latinos are 44% more likely to be convicted than whites when convicted of property crimes and 53% more likely to be convicted than whites for drug crimes.
https://lulac.org/advocacy/issues/criminal_justice_reform/
Police are twice as likely to use force on Hispanic or Black people than whites.
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/use_of_force_2015.html
EDUCATION
Schools with 90% or more students of color spend $733 less per student per year than schools with 90% or more White students.
https://uncf.org/pages/k-12-disparity-facts-and-stats
Black and Latino students are twice as likely to receive an out-of-school suspension for their first offenses than white students. Black students are 3 times more likely to be suspended than white students for similar violations.
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/crdc-discipline-snapshot.pdf
https://www.ewa.org/blog-latino-ed-beat/latino-black-students-disciplined-more-harshly-other-students
Racial differences persist in how students are disciplined.
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/21/292456211/black-preschoolers-far-more-likely-to-be-suspended
In a study including 68,930 teachers, 77% demonstrated implicit bias. Bias levels directly correspond to student outcomes.
https://observatory.tec.mx/edu-news/systemic-racism-in-education
Within 4J*
- -Of Middle and High Schoolers: 38% Native American, 58% Asian, Pacific Islander, 62% Black, African American, 54%Latino/Hispanic, 62% Multiracial, and 26% of White students have witnessed racism in school.
- -Schools are disproportionately disciplining students of color.
- -All but one school has a diversity gap between educators and the student
- population.
*according to the Student and School Safety Assessment
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