And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Organization: The University of Michigan - Flint
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:46:45 EDT
>Subject: Re: $10 million to study racism
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>
>From The Flint Journal (Friday, February 5, 1999)
>
>Clinton proposes $10 million to study bigotry
>Associated Press
>
>President Clinton wants to examine how bigotry affects people through a
>$10-million resesarch program that will study anecdotal reports of racism
and
>come up with a way to measure the impact of racial bias in everyday life.
>
>As part of his fiscal 20000 budget, Clinton proposed that the money go to
>various federal agencies that collect or use populationd ata, from the
Justice
>Department to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The goal is to convert
anecdotes
>into a set of facts that can help calculate how racism affects people when
they
>seek jobs, housing, insurance, medical care, and other services.
>
>"We need to start with a better understanding of the facts," said Harvard
>University lawa professor christopher Edley, who is advising Clinton as he
>drafts a report on race in America. "Too many people mistakenly think that
>discrimination is over."
>
>Initially, the agencies would look to measure straightforward
discrimination,
>then expand into hard-to-measure forms. For example, the Department of
Housing
>and Urban Development would try to assess discrimination in rental housing,
>then expand into looking at whether property insurers avoid writing
policies on
>the basis of race or residence in low-income areas.
>
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