Data Points: Racism (Featuring LeRon Barton)

Sources:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/Racism

1. The ‘Father of Modern Gynecology’ Performed Shocking Experiments on Enslaved Women | HISTORY
2. UCLA professor’s film documents forced sterilization of Mexican women in late ’60s and early ’70s L.A. | UCLA
3. Imprisonment rate of black Americans fell by a third from 2006 to 2018 | Pew Research Center
4. 5 eye-opening statistics about minorities in tech | TechRepublic
5. US Laws and Policies That Have Kept Black Americans From Owning Homes (businessinsider.com)
6. Racial Bias in Healthcare: How Disparities Affect Communities of Color (healthline.com)
7. Why Do Black People’s Mental Illnesses Get Misdiagnosed? (healthline.com)
8. The National Registry of Exonerations - Exoneration Registry (umich.edu)
9. Race_and_Wrongful_Convictions.pdf (umich.edu)
10. The Black-White Test Score Gap: Why It Persists and What Can Be Done | Brookings
11. Ignoring Racism in Schools Actually Increases Prejudice (Opinion) (edweek.org)

Follow and support LeRon Barton and check out some of his incredible work:

• On IG: www.instagram.com/leronlbarton

• (2023) I Lost White Friends When I Finally Spoke Out: https://www.newsweek.com/lost-white-friends-racism-black-lives-matter-us-1815477 

• (2021) What It's Like to be a Black Man in Tech: https://hbr.org/2021/03/what-its-like-to-be-a-black-man-in-tech 

• (2018) My Reality: 10 Truths About Being Black in America: https://goodmenproject.com/ethics-values/my-reality-10-truths-about-being-black-in-america-gmp/