Tag: Segregation

When Americans talk about racial segregation, they have a tendency to speak in the past tense. To some extent, this characterization is reasonable. After all, it's not like a business owner can slap a "whites-only" sign on their front door and get away with it today, as they did before...

When Americans talk about racial segregation, they have a tendency to speak in the past tense. To some extent, this characterization is reasonable. After all, it's not like a business owner can slap a "whites-only" sign on their front door and get away with it today, as they did before...

When I first entered “the bond business” in 1983. My job was selling securities backed by single-family mortgages. In the beginning, I spent hours trying to understand what was considered a complex financial product. Luckily, most of my prospective clients knew even less about these new ...

According to a newly released report, only 10% of admissions offers to New York City’s most elite public high schools went to Black and Latino students this year. This does not come close to reflecting the overall population of the NYC public school system, which is 67% Black or Latino. ...

There’s been intense pressure to “do better” on racism over the past few years. Even, surprisingly enough, for children’s entertainment. Dr Seuss’ books were pulled from shelves for allegedly racist imagery, Roald Dahl was scrubbed of potentially offensive ...

When Americans talk about racial segregation, they have a tendency to speak in the past tense. To some extent, this characterization is reasonable. After all, it's not like a business owner can slap a "whites-only" sign on their front door and get away with it today, as they did before...