No Progress for African Americans on Homeownership, Unemployment and Incarceration in 50 years A report by the Economic Policy Institute finds continuing inequality for African Americans
The Washington Post
Convened to examine the causes of civil unrest in black
communities, the presidential commission issued a 1968 report
with a stark conclusion: America was moving toward two societies,
“one black, one white — separate and unequal.”
Fifty years after the historic Kerner Commission identified
“white racism” as the key cause of “pervasive discrimination in
employment, education and housing,” there has been no progress in
how African Americans fare in comparison to whites when it comes
to homeownership, unemployment and incarceration, according
to a report released by the Economic Policy Institute.
