"Alarming" statistics a "call for immediate action"
While the indicators themselves are not racially-divided, the results show a bleak contrast between children of color and white Americans, with the latter significantly receiving more education and income opportunities than the former.
The study said the significant disparity between groups— especially those with “dangerously low reading and math proficiency levels†— “threatens the life chances of all children and demand national action.â€
“It is clear that children of color — especially African Americans, American Indians, and Latinos — are in serious trouble in numerous issue areas and in nearly every region of the country,†read the report.
A Racial Equity Impact Assessment was suggested in order for businesses, governments, and other policy-making bodies to assess if their proposals or decisions will neglect or damage racial and ethnic groups.
This way, the study said, these organizations are more liable to create projects or laws which will promote equity and erase the "system of privilege" that ".often leads to preferential treatment, greater access to opportunity and power for whites at the expense of African Americans, American Indians, Asians, Latinos, Pacific Islanders and people from other racial and ethnic groups." — KBK, GMA News
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