Here and Now: How ABC's "Equity Report" explores racial inequalities

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Sunday, October 3, 2021
Here and Now: How ABC's "Equity Report" explores racial inequalities
On this episode of Here and Now, we discuss ABC's "Our America Equity Report," which explores and exposes racial inequalities in 100 major U.S. cities, including New York City.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- On this episode of Here and Now, we discuss ABC's "Our America Equity Report," which explores and exposes racial inequalities in 100 major U.S. cities, including New York City.



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Ways to Help


Black Lives Matter


Black Voters Matter Fund


NAACP


National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform


No New Jails NYC


Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (VOCAL-NY)


Black LGBTQIA + Migrants Project



Teaching the Next Generation


Black Lives Matter at School


Creating Space To Talk About Racism At Your School



Teaching for Black Lives - Rethinking Schools



Black-Owned Bookstores in New York and New Jersey


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Grandma's Place (Harlem)


Sister's Uptown (Manhattan)


Source of Knowledge (Newark)


The Lit. Bar (Bronx)


The Little Boho Bookshop (Bayonne)



Books


Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah


I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou


Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children In A Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey


So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo


The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander


White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism



Podcasts



1619


Black Wall Street 1921


Jemele Hill is Unbothered


Still Processing:


Movies


American Son: Available on Netflix


If Beale Street Could Talk: Available on Hulu


Just Mercy: Available on Amazon Prime


Selma: Available on Amazon Prime


The Hate U Give: Available on Amazon Prime


When They See Us: Available on Netflix



Documentaries


13th: Available on Netflix


America Inside Out with Katie Couric: Available on National Geographic


Becoming: Available on Netflix


I am Not Your Negro: Available on YouTube

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