I recently heard a fellow from one of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation’s programs speak about her research on the impact of racial stigma and stereotypes on African Americans’ sense of agency, worth and humanity. I was startled by a specific statistic: Ninety percent of African Americans fall into a category she frames as “not destitute.” […]The post OPINION: Not every black person’s myth invokes urban poverty and dire need appeared first on The Hechinger Report.
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