“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Experiencing Racism
What it means
Did you know?
More than 8 in 10 Black adults say that the legacy of slavery affects the position of Black people in America today.
92% of Black Americans say that they face discrimination today.
Pew Research Center
A majority of all adults say being Black or Hispanic hurts people's ability to get ahead.
About 8 in 10 Black people say the country has not gone far enough when it comes to giving Black people equal rights.
50% say that it's unlikely the country will achieve racial equality.
Pew Research Center
In Popular Culture
Movies
- Remember the Titans
- Ruby Bridges
- The Color Purple
- The Color of Friendship
- Hairspray
- Do The Right Thing
- Fruitvale Station
- Just Mercy
TV Shows
- When They See Us
- Dear White People
- Gentified
- Insecure
- The Wire
Podcasts
- Code Switch from NPR
- Seeing White
- Yo, Is this Racist?
- Asian Enough
- The Stoop
- Come Through with Rebecca Carroll
Books
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- All You Can Ever Know
- The Bluest Eye
- The Black Kids
- The Hate U Give