African-Americans cannot transcend entangled structural prejudice through sheer force of will, nor should they carry the burden of dismantling centuries of discrimination. The U.N. committee made concrete recommendations, including legislative changes, policy initiatives, resource allocations and the development of a national action plan to combat structural racial discrimination. Until we take meaningful steps to implement these recommendations, deeply embedded racial biases will continue to exact a toll on communities of color, no matter how hard they grasp at their bootstraps.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:55:37 +0000
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