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===== It happens to white people too, so not racism... =====
[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/9/2315520/-It-happens-to-white-people-too-so-not-racism?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=community_spotlight&pm_medium=web by MurielVieux 9/4/25 DAILY KOS]
It is not that things only happen to Black folks, it is that when it happens to you, it is a once in a blue moon thing, and it is usually addressed fairly. The very lack of protest on your part is indicative of privileged status, you do not protest for you are not being targeted.
===== Exploring the Impact of Racism on the Health of Communities of Color =====
[https://nul.org/event/racism-untold-public-health-crisis by National Urban League 27/10/20]
The virtual series that accompanied the release of the National Urban League’s 2020 State of Black America Report included a panel on the dual pandemics of racism and COVID-19, where public health experts and activists discussed the unique set of circumstances Black Americans face while confronting systemic racism and the novel coronavirus. This briefing continues that conversation with a panel that builds the case for why racism should be addressed as a public health crisis, what power such declarations hold, and what actions should accompany them.
===== How Artificial Intelligence Can Deepen Racial and Economic Inequities =====
[https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/how-artificial-intelligence-can-deepen-racial-and-economic-inequities by Olga Akselrod 13/7/21 ACLU]
Proponents of expanding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) often point to its potential to stimulate economic growth — increased productivity at lower costs, a higher GDP per capita, and job creation have all been touted as possible benefits.
===== How this poet shows the way ‘racism hits the body’ =====
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/how-this-poet-shows-the-way-racism-hits-the-body by Courtney Vinapal 29/7/20 PBS NEWS]
In her book “Citizen,” the poet Claudia Rankine aims to show readers how Black people experience racism in their everyday lives. And to help tell that story, she reached out to visual artists.
===== As U.N. Report Sounds Alarm on Environmental Racism in Cancer Alley, Community Faces Further Pollution with Proposed Grain Elevator =====
[https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/un-report-sounds-alarm-environmental-racism-cancer-alley-community-faces-further by ACLU of Louisiana 3/3/21 ACLU]
NEW ORLEANS – With international human rights experts sounding the alarm over environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, the ACLU of Louisiana is joining other grassroots organizations in opposing proposed construction of a new grain terminal in St. John the Baptist Parish. The proposed Greenfield Louisiana project, which would involve clearing land and building a grain elevator, poses life threatening health and safety consequences to residents of an area so polluted by oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and waste dumps that it is now known as “Cancer Alley.”
===== How infrastructure has historically promoted inequality =====
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-infrastructure-has-historically-promoted-inequality by Candice Norwood 23/4/21 PBS NEW]
It’s no secret that U.S. infrastructure is struggling. This year’s report from the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the country a C-, citing public roadways in “poor or mediocre” condition, “structurally deficient” bridges and aging power grids.


===== Visualizing the Racial Wealth Gap =====
===== Visualizing the Racial Wealth Gap =====