We Can't Achieve Racial Justice Without Obtaining Housing Justice - Blavity
The racial awakening that pushed institutions, lawmakers and corporations to recognize and pledge to rectify centuries of disparities that keep Black people from good-paying jobs, quality education, quality medical care and a safe and affordable place to call home has turned into the great racial snooze. Since the murder of George Floyd, equity and inclusion have become the buzzwords to signal where people stand on everything from Juneteenth to Critical Race Theory. I see the hashtags, T-shirt slogans, window signs, and even ice cream flavors , that affirm my life as a Black person matters. What I don’t see is the actual work to dismantle and re-create the systems that treat one group of people as less than another. Nowhere is that work more necessary than in addressing whether someone has a safe place to live. I work to solve homelessness in King County, home to Seattle, where Black people make up 28% of people experiencing homelessness, but only 6% of the county’s total...