Princeton prof: Racial equity has to consider poor white people, too
If you’re a person of color in this country, every day you might encounter oppression that remains from systems set in motion hundreds of years ago.
The inequity that results affects everything from jobs to education to housing to health care. Given our history, what would it take to really bring racial equity?
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an author and professor at Princeton University who examines race and public policy.
She told KUOW race and equity reporter Patricia Murphy that America is making progress — but it's mixed.
Patricia Murphy can be reached at pmurphy@kuow.org. Katherine Banwell can be reached at kbanwell@kuow.org.
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Patricia Murphy
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Patricia Murphy is an award-winning radio journalist who has covered justice, public health, military and veterans affairs for 20 years. She’s currently the host of KUOW’s daily news podcast, Seattle Now.
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Katherine Banwell
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Katherine is the local host on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Prior to coming to KUOW, she worked at KPLU (now KNKX) as a fill-in host on All Things Considered and host of Weekend Morning Edition. She's also the voice of many telephone on-hold messages for businesses across the country and loves to act in her spare time.
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