systemic racism

From Mark Hughes:

If the Legislative Biennium was a football game, you could say that we are going into the 4th quarter right now. So if our team is Racial Equity and Justice (RE&J) it's not looking like we winning? Why is it that the team is facing such stiff competition these days? Did we not train well enough? Do we have the right folks on the team? Are there folks on the team that are a detriment to the team? Are we being outplayed?

Go Team RE&J!

Join Rev Mark Hughes to talk about the crossover of the legislative season. The good, the bad, and the ugly.  

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From Mark Hughes:

Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Executive Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, discusses Demographics. 

Demographics is defined as “statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it" (Oxford Dictionary). Systemic racism is a political and economic divide along racial lines. Mitigating systemic racism requires us to measure various outcomes by race population demographics. When the governor opened his State-of-the-State with the word “demographics”, you can imagine our excitement! After all, racism is a public health emergency, right? But wait...

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From Mark Hughes:

Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, discusses mental health and the public health emergency around racism.

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From Mark Hughes:

Host Rev. Mark Hughes is joined by guests Christine Longmore-Hughes, Director of the Richard Kemp Center, and Decon Roy V. Hill II, RJA BoD, about issues affecting the Black folks and Black folks effecting change.

Both the majority and the minority opinions in Thursday’s ruling cited the clause, using different interpretations. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote that race-based admissions programs “cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause,” while Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a dissent that the decision “subverts the constitutional guarantee of equal protection by further entrenching racial inequality in education.”

The Supreme Court's decision to terminate affirmative action not only disregards the persistent racial disparities in education but also threatens the progress made in achieving racial justice and equity across all sectors of society. Affirmative action was a vital policy tool aimed at dismantling systemic barriers and leveling the playing field for marginalized communities. Its elimination perpetuates systemic inequality and denies equal opportunities for those historically disenfranchised.