{"id":40276,"date":"2020-06-09T10:21:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T10:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virusreports.net\/understanding-racism-and-inequality-in-america\/"},"modified":"2020-06-09T10:21:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T10:21:28","slug":"understanding-racism-and-inequality-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virusreports.net\/understanding-racism-and-inequality-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding racism and inequality in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" id=\"pb-root\">\n<section class=\"\" id=\"ent-pb-top\">\n<div data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"enterprise\/enterprise-topper\" data-feature-name=\"etv3-topper-new\" data-pb-fingerprint=\"0fjdX4NrfrO\" id=\"fal6U61KLEVCYr\" moat-id=\"enterprise\/enterprise-topper\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/L4DNFDqb9uZnmePg4-Qyjxg_Eqs=\/1450x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/Y346V2DTP5DC3FJVC2DB3RF25Y.jpg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/kVSc5JqAFcHjce4VAH69p8GoLj8=\/469x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/Y346V2DTP5DC3FJVC2DB3RF25Y.jpg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/Y346V2DTP5DC3FJVC2DB3RF25Y.jpg\" data-threshold=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/TXJKur-cQ3m4AF9lqk_kkjfemkk=\/3x2\/www.washingtonpost.com\/pb\/resources\/img\/spacer.gif\"><\/img> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"\" id=\"ent-pb-main\">\n<div data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"enterprise\/enterprise-article-body\" data-feature-name=\"etv3-body-new\" data-pb-fingerprint=\"0f27q9Nrfrq\" id=\"fdk3Ei1KLEVCYr\" moat-id=\"enterprise\/enterprise-article-body\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p> By <span itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">Washington Post Staff<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>June 8, 2020<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The video of George Floyd\u2019s death at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2020\/national\/protesters-george-floyd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">triggered protests across the United States<\/a> and brought renewed attention to ongoing concerns about systemic racism in the criminal justice system. The slaying, in the midst of a pandemic that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2020\/politics\/coronavirus-race-african-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">disproportionately infected and killed black people<\/a>, has exposed long-standing racial inequities in every aspect of American life.<\/p>\n<p>To help provide context to the issues driving the debate among people attending marches and rallies or those having more quiet conversations with their families and friends, we\u2019ve compiled deeply reported stories, videos, photo essays, audio and graphics on black history, progress, inequality and injustice.<\/p>\n<p>What books, videos, films, or other resources have helped you understand systemic racism in the U.S.? Let us know in the comments and <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.washingtonpost.com\/newsletters\/#\/bundle\/aboutus?itid=lk_inline_manual_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sign up for the About US newsletter<\/a> for candid conversations about identity in 21st-century America.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"SQH7VPP2XNGDJO7OJTURZZA4GA\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/UnVBwoAfE4wtQD5tz18WwoCYrtQ=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/SQH7VPP2XNGDJO7OJTURZZA4GA.jpg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/p7Ui-J6uib-YA3R7z15sbhBYlcI=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/SQH7VPP2XNGDJO7OJTURZZA4GA.jpg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/SQH7VPP2XNGDJO7OJTURZZA4GA.jpg\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/p7Ui-J6uib-YA3R7z15sbhBYlcI=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/SQH7VPP2XNGDJO7OJTURZZA4GA.jpg\"><\/img> <span>(Joan Wong for The Washington Post\/Images from New York Public Library)<\/span> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2019\/08\/28\/teaching-slavery-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How is slavery taught in America? Schools struggle to teach it well.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>For the 50 million students attending public school in America, how they are taught about America\u2019s history of slavery and its deprivations is as fundamental as how they are taught about the Declaration of Independence and its core assertion that \u201call men are created equal.\u201d A deep understanding of one without a deep understanding of the other is to not know America at all. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2019\/08\/28\/teaching-slavery-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2019<\/b><\/i><i> | By Joe Heim<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2020\/02\/25\/lost-lineage-quest-identify-black-americans-roots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Descendants<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Even after abolition, the black experience has fallen victim to campaigns that obscure the darkest parts of the American story, diminishing African Americans\u2019 connections to their pasts and warping the collective memory of the nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>But in recent years, black Americans have pursued new efforts to uncover their stories. From exploring sunken vessels of the Middle Passage to reconstructing museum exhibits that chronicle slavery, African Americans are breaking down the barriers that separate them from their ancestors and are reconnecting with a lineage once lost. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2020\/02\/25\/lost-lineage-quest-identify-black-americans-roots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch the video series.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2020<\/b><\/i><i> | By Nicole Ellis<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"NDOH2GH5FVB7VAJH47CCE46S7Q\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/JY3tTOSF6W1e0GbUKhGQjLdZDrU=\/1014x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/NDOH2GH5FVB7VAJH47CCE46S7Q.png\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/hSHfr3bA0aI41Xfy934Q7xf6unQ=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/NDOH2GH5FVB7VAJH47CCE46S7Q.png\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/NDOH2GH5FVB7VAJH47CCE46S7Q.png\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/hSHfr3bA0aI41Xfy934Q7xf6unQ=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/NDOH2GH5FVB7VAJH47CCE46S7Q.png\"><\/img> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/historically-black\/id1155053105?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Historically Black\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>An eight-episode audio miniseries that brings black history to life through personal heirlooms and their stories. <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/historically-black\/id1155053105?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to the series.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2016<\/b><\/i><i> | Hosted by Keegan-Michael Key, Roxane Gay, Issa Rae and \u201cAnother Round\u201d hosts Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"KSEY5AVDPQI6VCMOWINZVA7XSI\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/qqTy9UTWbG_-aD56OW6xbYqS7UE=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/KSEY5AVDPQI6VCMOWINZVA7XSI.jpg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/_vIIdfGt_GjmTDF5GoMJ02tF7PI=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/KSEY5AVDPQI6VCMOWINZVA7XSI.jpg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/KSEY5AVDPQI6VCMOWINZVA7XSI.jpg\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/_vIIdfGt_GjmTDF5GoMJ02tF7PI=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/KSEY5AVDPQI6VCMOWINZVA7XSI.jpg\"><\/img> <span>(Charles Gorry\/AP)<\/span> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2018\/local\/dc-riots-1968\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The four days in 1968 that reshaped D.C.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The area around 14th and U streets NW was known as the Black Broadway, a world of black theaters and jazz clubs, black lawyers and pharmacists, black newspapers and the local offices for two major civil rights groups. During the riots, the stores north of U Street, where blacks felt exploited, became targets. They were stripped clean, up the 14th Street hill to Columbia Heights.<\/p>\n<p>More than 275 businesses along 14th Street were damaged by fires and looting, and half of those were total losses. \u201cThere was a confluence of anger and hurt\u201d about King\u2019s death, said Charlene Drew Jarvis, a former D.C. councilwoman. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2018\/local\/dc-riots-1968\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2018<\/b><\/i><i> | By Ann Gerhart, Armand Emamdjomeh, Lauren Tierney, Danielle Rindler and Michael E. Ruane<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Z7XWY2RGGFB5LAF36XODWAZO3E\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/dB7viR8yorJvimxYwR8sDQ5AVlw=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/Z7XWY2RGGFB5LAF36XODWAZO3E.jpg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/AVJs_hUgXxoqXtjg9ssGxZ86AHM=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/Z7XWY2RGGFB5LAF36XODWAZO3E.jpg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/Z7XWY2RGGFB5LAF36XODWAZO3E.jpg\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/AVJs_hUgXxoqXtjg9ssGxZ86AHM=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/Z7XWY2RGGFB5LAF36XODWAZO3E.jpg\"><\/img> <span>(Jahi Chikwendiu)<\/span> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/magazine\/2019\/11\/25\/visualizing-racism-photo-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visualizing racism <\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Racism hurts. A growing body of research shows it negatively affects the mental and physical health of its victims. Like any burden, it wears the bearer down. Sometimes it makes you feel like lashing out. Sometimes it makes you feel as if you are drowning.<\/p>\n<p>In what surely is not a coincidence, racism is rising along with diversity. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/magazine\/2019\/11\/25\/visualizing-racism-photo-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2019<\/b><\/i><i> | Introduction by Eugene Robinson<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"GDQJJ5Q57NAGVD3HWB6QFJ435U\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/ch4A-r107chQFHDniEQr-KstmhQ=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/GDQJJ5Q57NAGVD3HWB6QFJ435U.jpg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/NTV7NIIlRB1t492nLTRaJllDXSg=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/GDQJJ5Q57NAGVD3HWB6QFJ435U.jpg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/GDQJJ5Q57NAGVD3HWB6QFJ435U.jpg\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/NTV7NIIlRB1t492nLTRaJllDXSg=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/GDQJJ5Q57NAGVD3HWB6QFJ435U.jpg\"><\/img> <span>(Zack Wittman for The Washington Post)<\/span> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2020\/national\/rosewood-reparations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rosewood massacre reparations: How a scholarship impacted descendants of an act of racial terror<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>What can a scholarship do to address a historic injustice? For Morgan Carter and her family, reparations changed the frame of a tortured past. The Rosewood story no longer ends with a scared boy running through the woods; it continues with graduation robes and diplomas, potentially the family\u2019s first doctorate. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2020\/national\/rosewood-reparations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2020<\/b><\/i><i> | By Robert Samuels<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2019\/local\/school-diversity-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How the nation\u2019s growing racial diversity is changing our schools<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>More students attend schools with children of different races than ever before, a Washington Post analysis has found. Over the past couple of decades, integration took hold across the country in smaller school districts whose student bodies had been predominantly white.<\/p>\n<p>But in many big cities and across the South, students remain in districts that are deeply segregated. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2019\/local\/school-diversity-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"g-integration-summary-box\">\n<div data-aspect-ratio=\"1.885\" data-max-width=\"719\" data-min-width=\"600\" id=\"g-integration-summary-medium\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-integration-summary-medium-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-stat\/graphics\/ai2html\/2019-INTEGRATE\/integration-summary-medium.jpg?v=25\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>More students today are in districts with integrated schools<\/p>\n<p>The proportion of students by school district integration<\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-4\">\n<p>Not diverse enough or<\/p>\n<p>too small to integrate<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>1995<\/p>\n<p>13%<\/p>\n<p>14%<\/p>\n<p>14%<\/p>\n<p>59%<\/p>\n<p>2017<\/p>\n<p>13%<\/p>\n<p>23%<\/p>\n<p>22%<\/p>\n<p>42%<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><i><b>2019<\/b><\/i><i> | By Kate Rabinowitz, Armand Emamdjomeh and Laura Meckler<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"FSOCUORYWMI6VIP7YSGB2WNEUE\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/P2ASrlyT-QJA1zNpQLwldN9dTas=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/FSOCUORYWMI6VIP7YSGB2WNEUE.jpg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/mCXdEGbRkhEqiU_R0SOUSLY84eY=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/FSOCUORYWMI6VIP7YSGB2WNEUE.jpg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/FSOCUORYWMI6VIP7YSGB2WNEUE.jpg\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/mCXdEGbRkhEqiU_R0SOUSLY84eY=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/FSOCUORYWMI6VIP7YSGB2WNEUE.jpg\"><\/img> <span>(Allison V. Smith for The Washington Post)<\/span> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/black-americans-deeply-pessimistic-about-country-under-president-who-more-than-8-in-10-describe-as-a-racist-post-ipsos-poll-finds\/2020\/01\/16\/134b705c-37de-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Americans are deeply pessimistic about the country under Trump<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>President Trump made a stark appeal to black Americans during the 2016 election when he asked, \u201cWhat have you got to lose?\u201d Three years later, black Americans have rendered their verdict on his presidency with a deeply pessimistic assessment of their place in the United States under a leader seen by an overwhelming majority as racist.<\/p>\n<p>The findings come from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/context\/washington-post-ipsos-poll-of-african-americans-jan-2-8-2020\/a41b5691-e181-4cda-bb88-7b31935103d9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post-Ipsos poll<\/a> of African Americans nationwide, which reveals fears about whether their children will have a fair shot to succeed and a belief that white Americans don\u2019t fully appreciate the discrimination that black people experience.<\/p>\n<p>While personally optimistic about their own lives, black Americans today offer a bleaker view about their community as a whole. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/black-americans-deeply-pessimistic-about-country-under-president-who-more-than-8-in-10-describe-as-a-racist-post-ipsos-poll-finds\/2020\/01\/16\/134b705c-37de-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2020<\/b><\/i><i> | By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Vanessa Williams, Dan Balz and Scott Clement<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"BNBFMAKE5VEC5DL66RJWGQRCZ4\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/vBN3b34UpCsmuJ7aJIFqLXemrGk=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/BNBFMAKE5VEC5DL66RJWGQRCZ4.jpeg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/NZi4cMUehiuugQSCWeCae7tPhuk=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/BNBFMAKE5VEC5DL66RJWGQRCZ4.jpeg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/BNBFMAKE5VEC5DL66RJWGQRCZ4.jpeg\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/NZi4cMUehiuugQSCWeCae7tPhuk=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/BNBFMAKE5VEC5DL66RJWGQRCZ4.jpeg\"><\/img> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2018\/national\/segregation-us-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Segregation in U.S. cities<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Some 50 years ago, policies like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hud.gov\/fairhousingis50\">Fair Housing Act<\/a> and the Voting Rights Act were enacted to increase integration, promote equity, combat discrimination and dismantle the lingering legacy of Jim Crow laws. But a Washington Post analysis shows that some cities remain deeply segregated \u2014 even as the country itself becomes more diverse. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2018\/national\/segregation-us-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2018<\/b><\/i><i> | By Aaron Williams and Armand Emamdjomeh<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"APWUIYQWD5F2ZKJVCOSDZG7VUU\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/bZ7LH2idZZKMNU4VICJrz1V1YZA=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/APWUIYQWD5F2ZKJVCOSDZG7VUU.jpg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/15CU96wF57XYr6FmwuQm1CSuytI=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/APWUIYQWD5F2ZKJVCOSDZG7VUU.jpg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/APWUIYQWD5F2ZKJVCOSDZG7VUU.jpg\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/15CU96wF57XYr6FmwuQm1CSuytI=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/APWUIYQWD5F2ZKJVCOSDZG7VUU.jpg\"><\/img> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2019\/08\/09\/what-weve-learned-about-police-shootings-years-after-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What we\u2019ve learned about police shootings 5 years after Ferguson<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Compared to their numbers in the overall population, an unarmed black man is about four times more likely to be killed by police than an unarmed white man. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2019\/08\/09\/what-weve-learned-about-police-shootings-years-after-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/investigations\/police-shootings-database\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Search The Post\u2019s police shooting database.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2019<\/b><\/i><i> | By Joe Fox, Adrian Blanco, Jennifer Jenkins, Julie Tate and Wesley Lowery<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"7TE2M3UJ7MI6RHKZ3TGCYDFLZ4\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/5eWI-6qsYr9SxXZYMHd7CnCWxts=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7TE2M3UJ7MI6RHKZ3TGCYDFLZ4.jpg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/5GfHyCJz9Aiuo34lY7FZ4xljJw0=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7TE2M3UJ7MI6RHKZ3TGCYDFLZ4.jpg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7TE2M3UJ7MI6RHKZ3TGCYDFLZ4.jpg\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/5GfHyCJz9Aiuo34lY7FZ4xljJw0=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7TE2M3UJ7MI6RHKZ3TGCYDFLZ4.jpg\"><\/img> <span>(Yoon S. Byun for the Washington Post)<\/span> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2018\/investigations\/black-homicides-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Murder with impunity: An unequal justice <\/a><\/h4>\n<p>In the past decade, police in 52 of the nation\u2019s largest cities have failed to make an arrest in nearly 26,000 killings, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2018\/investigations\/unsolved-homicide-database\/\">a Washington Post analysis of homicide arrest data<\/a>. In more than 18,600 of those cases, the victim was black. Those victims, who accounted for the majority of homicides, were the least likely of any racial group to have their killings result in an arrest. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2018\/investigations\/black-homicides-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2018<\/b><\/i><i> | By Wesley Lowery, Kimbriell Kelly and Steven Rich<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2020\/06\/04\/urban-areas-police-are-consistently-much-whiter-than-people-they-serve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In urban areas, police are consistently much whiter than the people they serve <\/a><\/h4>\n<p>As police engage with protesters in cities across the United States, many major police forces are still much whiter than the communities where they work. Decades of reform have made police less white, but it has not been enough to keep pace with the changing demographics of the country.<\/p>\n<p>This widening racial gap has left very few police forces that resemble the people they serve, which experts say can hinder community relations and affect crime rates. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2020\/06\/04\/urban-areas-police-are-consistently-much-whiter-than-people-they-serve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-fallback-image-url=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-stat\/graphics\/ai2html\/graphic-policerace\/2UDMXV3VWBCCPFZR62VRVONXMY\/2300-POLICEDIVERSITY0602--lowWhite.jpg?c=1591286425493\">\n<div id=\"g-POLICEDIVERSITY0602--lowWhite-box\">\n<div data-aspect-ratio=\"1.153\" data-min-width=\"720\" id=\"g-POLICEDIVERSITY0602--lowWhite-large\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" id=\"g-POLICEDIVERSITY0602--lowWhite-large-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-stat\/graphics\/ai2html\/graphic-policerace\/2UDMXV3VWBCCPFZR62VRVONXMY\/POLICEDIVERSITY0602--lowWhite-large.jpg?v=6\"><\/img><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-1\">\n<p>Counties with large minority populations and a <\/p>\n<p>disproportionate number of white police<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For selected counties with at least 100,000 people<\/p>\n<p>100%<\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-4\">\n<p>Larger share<\/p>\n<p>of white officers<\/p>\n<p>than population<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>San Bernardino Co., Calif. (28% white) <span>Police: 67%<\/span><\/p>\n<p>75%<\/p>\n<p>50%<\/p>\n<p>Prince George\u2019s Co., Md. (12%) <span>Police: 38%<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bronx Co., N.Y. (9%) <span>Police: 33%<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-11\">\n<p>Smaller share<\/p>\n<p>of white officers<\/p>\n<p>than population<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>25%<\/p>\n<p>25%<\/p>\n<p>50%<\/p>\n<p>75%<\/p>\n<p>100%<\/p>\n<p>Share of white population<\/p>\n<p>Majority nonwhite counties<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><i><b>2020<\/b><\/i><i> | By Dan Keating and Kevin Uhrmacher<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"42I74P5L2FAFJEE6MHGOGKFMBQ\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/N1cU_1llKZCnWrGdKoAJxMtnJdU=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/42I74P5L2FAFJEE6MHGOGKFMBQ.jpg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/7kdP8gr3CSoudz2FmubkSADzEZE=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/42I74P5L2FAFJEE6MHGOGKFMBQ.jpg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/42I74P5L2FAFJEE6MHGOGKFMBQ.jpg\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/7kdP8gr3CSoudz2FmubkSADzEZE=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/42I74P5L2FAFJEE6MHGOGKFMBQ.jpg\"><\/img> <span>(Erin K. Robinson for The Washington Post)<\/span> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/national\/obama-legacy\/racism-during-presidency.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obama\u2019s legacy<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Barack Obama\u2019s watershed 2008 election and the presidency that followed profoundly altered the aesthetics of American democracy, transforming the Founding Fathers\u2019 narrow vision of politics and citizenship into something more expansive and more elegant. The American presidency suddenly looked very different, and for a moment America felt different, too.<\/p>\n<p>The Obama victory helped fulfill one of the great ambitions of the civil rights struggle by showcasing the ability of extraordinarily talented black Americans to lead and excel in all facets of American life. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/national\/obama-legacy\/racism-during-presidency.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more and explore a virtual museum of Obama\u2019s presidency.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2016<\/b><\/i><i> | By Peniel Joseph<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"J23NMWXOXAI6TBUT6SD6IZ4EVI\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/jFPPH4i6Pq07zSBQSAMx__eX0AA=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/J23NMWXOXAI6TBUT6SD6IZ4EVI.jpg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/jIJEtFSYnwPKZhCn_N7k_3D0UZo=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/J23NMWXOXAI6TBUT6SD6IZ4EVI.jpg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/J23NMWXOXAI6TBUT6SD6IZ4EVI.jpg\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/jIJEtFSYnwPKZhCn_N7k_3D0UZo=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/J23NMWXOXAI6TBUT6SD6IZ4EVI.jpg\"><\/img> <span>(Michael A. McCoy)<\/span> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/magazine\/2019\/10\/14\/anti-racist-revelations-ibram-x-kendi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The anti-racist revelations of Ibram X. Kendi<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>In Kendi\u2019s analysis, everyone, every day, through action or inaction, speech or silence, is choosing in the moment to be racist or anti-racist. It follows, then, that those identities are fluid, and racism is not a fixed character flaw. \u201cWhat we say about race, what we do about race, in each moment, determines what \u2014 not who \u2014 we are,\u201d he writes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/magazine\/2019\/10\/14\/anti-racist-revelations-ibram-x-kendi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2019<\/b><\/i><i> | By David Montgomery<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"BE6KXOIO7VGCHIMDLWF6IUQ5GI\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/_OBNIZwAYF5XLHArfzcmKR4_luA=\/1000x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/BE6KXOIO7VGCHIMDLWF6IUQ5GI.jpg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/5UBT7n2zDZFQJ8cS47LJUX7qCHM=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/BE6KXOIO7VGCHIMDLWF6IUQ5GI.jpg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/BE6KXOIO7VGCHIMDLWF6IUQ5GI.jpg\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/5UBT7n2zDZFQJ8cS47LJUX7qCHM=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/BE6KXOIO7VGCHIMDLWF6IUQ5GI.jpg\"><\/img> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/lifestyle\/national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture\/guided-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tour through the National Museum of African American History and Culture<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Underground, a stark path winds chronologically and unflinchingly from slavery through civil rights and beyond. Aboveground, bold, busy galleries celebrate some of the cultural contributions African Americans have made to the country and the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s as sobering as it is triumphant,\u201d said Michelle Wilkinson, one of the museum\u2019s 18 curators. \u201cYou don\u2019t get to leave with only one feeling.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/lifestyle\/national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture\/guided-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tour the museum in an interactive graphic.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2016<\/b><\/i><i> | By Aaron Steckelberg, Bonnie Berkowitz and Denise Lu<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"OKCGL4YQTRCANM73UHMEGKEGJM\"><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/m5bRieO_ldHyoKemkqLTdd3tF8c=\/840x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/OKCGL4YQTRCANM73UHMEGKEGJM.jpeg\" data-low-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/8Z6arlFK1JmdAiXZNai4k2AsLDU=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/OKCGL4YQTRCANM73UHMEGKEGJM.jpeg\" data-raw-src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/OKCGL4YQTRCANM73UHMEGKEGJM.jpeg\" data-threshold=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/8Z6arlFK1JmdAiXZNai4k2AsLDU=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/OKCGL4YQTRCANM73UHMEGKEGJM.jpeg\"><\/img> <\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/national\/2014\/11\/09\/the-n-word-an-entrenched-racial-slur-now-more-prevalent-than-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Redefining the word <\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Following several incidents involving players using the n-word in 2014, the National Football League instructed game of\ufb01cials to penalize players who used the word on the \ufb01eld of play. The policy, though, was widely criticized as being heavy-handed and out of touch. As the league wrestled with the issue, a team of Washington Post journalists examined the history of this singular American word, its spread through popular culture and its place in the vernacular today. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/national\/2014\/11\/09\/the-n-word-an-entrenched-racial-slur-now-more-prevalent-than-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more from The N-Word Project.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>2014<\/b><\/i><i> | By Dave Sheinin and Krissah Thompson<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"\" id=\"ent-pb-bottom\">   <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2020\/06\/08\/understanding-racism-inequality-america\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Washington Post Staff June 8, 2020 The video of George Floyd\u2019s death at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis triggered protests across the United States and brought renewed attention to ongoing concerns about systemic racism in the criminal justice system. 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