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Atlanta Fed President Bostic says redressing long-standing US racial economic inqualities requires a deep reckoning.
From: The Stream
Michael Eric Dyson: Is the US truly ready to reckon with race?
22 Dec 2020
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The US has never made much headway on whether or how to compensate Black Americans for more than 200 years of slavery.
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From job prospects to the value of an education to access to credit, the odds are stacked against African Americans.
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