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    Black Americans are pessimistic about the state of racial affairs in the US. But so are young whites. 

Black Americans are pessimistic about the state of racial affairs in the US. But so are young whites. 

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Fifty years ago the Kerner Commission found that many Blacks felt powerless in the face of unfair racial treatment and categorized twelve areas of grievance that fed into these feelings.  In new research, Theodore J. Davis, Jr. finds that Blacks (especially older Blacks) remain more pessimistic than Whites about the state of racial affairs in the US today. He writes that race still matters today, but it matters in ways that are very different from when the Kerner Commission report was released.
The 1968 Kerner Commission Report
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September 18th, 2020|Justice and Domestic Affairs, Theodore Davis|0 Comments|
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    Delaware’s case shows why the racial achievement gap in education remains stubbornly large

Delaware’s case shows why the racial achievement gap in education remains stubbornly large

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More than six decades after the historic Brown vs Board of Education Supreme Court decision, which desegregated the nation’s schools, a significant achievement gap between Black and White students still remains. Theodore J. Davis, Jr argues that the slow progress in closing this gap comes down to the politics of race, involving past and present discriminatory institutional policies and […]

July 5th, 2016|Education, Theodore Davis|1 Comment|
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