"America today is a tale of two nations. It is a tale of two Americas.” --- Marc Morial, National Urban League
The State of Black America (2015), the National Urban League’s seminal annual publication now in its 39th edition, has become one of the most highly-anticipated benchmarks and sources for thought leadership around racial equality in America across economics (including employment, income and housing), education, health, social justice and civic engagement. Each edition of the State of Black America contains thoughtful commentary and insightful analysis from leading figures and thought leaders in politics, the corporate arena, NGOs, academia and popular culture. (SOBA)
The 39th edition of the annual publication comes after a series of police killings of unarmed black men over the past year. Their deaths prompted nationwide protests that have elevated the topic of racism and discriminatory policing to the level of a national conversation.
“Few times in a nation’s history is its collective conscience shocked and awakened across racial, economic, generational and even ideological lines as ours has been over the past year,” Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, said in a press release. “We are in that moment, and as long as justice is challenged on any front, we will keep pushing on every front.”
The report contains the organization's “Equality Index” which measures "the share of the pie that African Americans and Latinos get," according to the report. "Whites are used as the benchmark because the history of race in America has created advantages for whites that continue to persist in many of the outcomes being measured."
The index shows that the black median household income is about 60 percent of that of whites; $34,815 versus $57,684. Latino median household income is 72 percent of that of whites: $41,508 versus $57,684.
Blacks have a median wealth of $6,314 versus whites who have $110,500, according to the report. This means the median African-American household has 6 cents in wealth for every dollar of white household wealth.
(Aljazeera America-Renee Lewis)
The state of Black America in a word: ‘Crisis’ ... msnbc/the-state-black-america
The 39th edition of the annual publication comes after a series of police killings of unarmed black men over the past year. Their deaths prompted nationwide protests that have elevated the topic of racism and discriminatory policing to the level of a national conversation.
“Few times in a nation’s history is its collective conscience shocked and awakened across racial, economic, generational and even ideological lines as ours has been over the past year,” Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, said in a press release. “We are in that moment, and as long as justice is challenged on any front, we will keep pushing on every front.”
The report contains the organization's “Equality Index” which measures "the share of the pie that African Americans and Latinos get," according to the report. "Whites are used as the benchmark because the history of race in America has created advantages for whites that continue to persist in many of the outcomes being measured."
The index shows that the black median household income is about 60 percent of that of whites; $34,815 versus $57,684. Latino median household income is 72 percent of that of whites: $41,508 versus $57,684.
Blacks have a median wealth of $6,314 versus whites who have $110,500, according to the report. This means the median African-American household has 6 cents in wealth for every dollar of white household wealth.
(Aljazeera America-Renee Lewis)
The state of Black America in a word: ‘Crisis’ ... msnbc/the-state-black-america
Seven-part series that gathers the nation’s leaders, political pundits and executives for a lively discussion around the 2015 State of Black America theme, “Save Our Cities: Education, Jobs and Justice,” the State of Black America Equality Index topics and content highlighted in the 2015 report. View episodes on YouTube.
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