If White men historically wrote the rules, defined the qualifications, controlled access, and selected the winners, when exactly did their advantage become “merit”?

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#Meritocracy #WhiteMaleSovereignty #WhiteAffirmativeAction #RacialInequality #DanteKing

You do not have to create an unequal system to inherit its benefits—just as you do not have to create its disadvantages to inherit its consequences.

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#SystemicRacism #WhitePrivilege #RacialInequality #AmericanHistory #DanteKing

Merit looks very different once we ask who had generations of access, opportunity, sponsorship, and institutional protection before the competition supposedly became “equal.”

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#Meritocracy #WhiteAffirmativeAction #WhiteSupremacy #RacialInequality #DanteKing

Despite rising rates of mental illness and suicide deaths among people of color in the United States, significant gaps in access to mental health care persist.

Read Laura Pettigrew's publication: buff.ly/EDZQHQq

#HRRC #HumanRights #MentalHealth #RacialInequality #HealthCare

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To overcome #RacialInequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org)
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#Voting #VotingRights #Selma #African-Americans #CivilRights #VoterRegistration
"At the time, #DallasCounty was 58% Black, but less than 1% of eligible Black residents were registered to #vote"

A look at the undeniable homeownership gap: 72% of white households own their homes, compared to just 45% of Black households.

Furthermore, Black applicants face nearly double the mortgage rejection rates.

#Homeownership #RacialInequality #MortgageDenial #HousingGap #EconomicDisparity

The Wealth Gap Widens:
Median white family wealth is about 10× that of Black families — a gap that’s persisted since the 1960s despite civil rights gains. #WealthGap #RacialInequality
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