The Right-Wing Assault On Equity Programs Could Be Killing Us

The Right-Wing Assault On Equity Programs Could Be Killing Us

Essence Magazine:

close up of Aids Awareness Red Ribbon By Alphonso David and Maya Rockeymoore Cummings ·Updated March 20, 2024

Last year, conservative groups began a growing national effort to launch litigation against any program that uses race or ethnicity to target funding and other supports that address disparities and solve social problems. Although racially targeted health equity programs are not illegal, decades of legal attacks on affirmative action in education and business contracting

Malaika Jabali
Author: Malaika Jabali

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