- Jocelyne - Republicans/Congress are against undocumented immigrants; people often times are incarcerated for minor offenses (i.e. vagrancy or homelessness)
- Princess: very few families discuss racism. As a matter of fact only 37% of families talk openly about race, which makes racial discussions uncomfortable to millennials.
- Ruben: racism still exists in the U.S. today because only 44% of African-American families own homes versus 73% of white families. In other words, if the U.S. was truly a colorblind society those percentages would be more equal.
- African-Americans die four years earlier than whites; neighborhoods/homes; lower income, healthcare; income security; low-income housing and gang violence; healthy vs unhealthy foods depending on where one lives;
- Mariela: stress because of income security
- Sahara; stress emotions; stressed-out; suicidal
Friday, November 21, 2014
Has the U.S. Moved On From Racism?
I believe the U.S. is (not) colorblind due to the fact that in airports people are racially categorized
Monday, November 10, 2014
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