In which John talks about racism in the United States.

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On average, black men's prison sentences are 20% longer than white men's for comparable crimes: [ Ссылка ]

Black people and white people use illegal drugs at similar rates, but black people are far more likely to be arrested for drug use: [ Ссылка ]

African Americans are far more likely to be stopped and searched (although the contraband hit rate is higher among white people) in California: [ Ссылка ]

And in New York (where the data isn't quite as good but appears to be comparable to CA): [ Ссылка ]

Those wrongfully convicted and later exonerated by DNA are disproportionately African American: [ Ссылка ]

Black kids are far more likely to be tried as adults and more likely to receive life sentences: [ Ссылка ]

Black former convicts get fewer employer callbacks than white former convicts: [ Ссылка ]

Emily and Brendan are more hirable than Lakisha and Jamal: [ Ссылка ]

On that front, this study is also interesting: [ Ссылка ] and similar results have been found in the UK: [ Ссылка ] and also in Australia: [ Ссылка ]

Also, this news story has some great analysis: [ Ссылка ]

High schools with mostly African American and Latino students are less likely to offer courses in Algebra II or Chemistry than high schools with mostly white students: [ Ссылка ]

This article explores many of the other ways that increasingly segregated schools have negatively affected African American students: [ Ссылка ]

And this story discusses the fact that African American students are more than twice as likely to be suspended as white students--even in preschool. [ Ссылка ]

The ACP report on racial disparities in U.S. health care: [ Ссылка ]
This (dated) study is also damning: [ Ссылка ] and there's lot of good info here: [ Ссылка ]

More info on increasing disparities in life expectancy between black and white people in the US: [ Ссылка ]

The most recent polls show fewer white people thinking racism is not a problem than the ones I used in this video (although still a huge divide): [ Ссылка ] and [ Ссылка ] and [ Ссылка ]

Racial wealth disparity and the role that inheritance plays: [ Ссылка ]
Related wikipedia article: [ Ссылка ]

The widening of the wealth gap: [ Ссылка ]

Nonvideo recommendations: I really like Roxane Gay's work in Slate and The Butter; this story in the NYT [ Ссылка ]; Chris Rock's recent interview at [ Ссылка ], and Ashley Ford's commentary and analysis: [ Ссылка ]. Also Kiese Laymon's wriitng is great, including [ Ссылка ]

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