How We Got Here

Click any category to see how slavery, Jim Crow and other discriminatory practices against African Americans have and continue to have a significant impact.

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“Instead of existing in silos, the nation’s racial wounds exist within a complex history and a tightly entangled network of social and economic forces. This knot is not easily disentangled. Incarceration is directly related to education. Education is intimately connected to housing. Housing options are tied to wages. Wages are in a complex relationship with race and education…Improvement in any one area-education, employment, housing, health care, incarceration-can create a chain reaction of collateral benefits that produce a transformative momentum.” Joel Goza

This image by Restoring Racial Justice‍ explains the difference between reality, equality, equity, and justice.