By Jeff Mays
Minority children have inferior and unequal access to good health care, safe neighborhoods and quality education, according to the first national survey of the adults who work with them.
Among the findings are that 55 percent of the respondents believed white children had good access to quality health care, while 45 percent believed the same about African American children. Approximately 59 percent of the respondents said young white children, defined as 8 or younger, have a lot of opportunity to play in homes and neighborhoods without violence. Only 37 percent said the same about African Americans, and 36 percent about Hispanics. Read more...
Minority children have inferior and unequal access to good health care, safe neighborhoods and quality education, according to the first national survey of the adults who work with them.
Among the findings are that 55 percent of the respondents believed white children had good access to quality health care, while 45 percent believed the same about African American children. Approximately 59 percent of the respondents said young white children, defined as 8 or younger, have a lot of opportunity to play in homes and neighborhoods without violence. Only 37 percent said the same about African Americans, and 36 percent about Hispanics. Read more...
America Healing: A Racial Equity Initiative of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. from Widmeyer Communications on Vimeo.
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