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  • Thousands of resumes were mailed to employers

  • They were identical except for the names.

  • Black-sounding names were 50% less likely to be called back.

  • Black people are charged prices roughly $700 higher than white people when buying cars.

  • Multiple studies show black drivers are twice as likely to get pulled over.

  • Black clients are shown 17.7% fewer houses for sale

  • Marijuana use is equal between blacks and whites

  • Yet black people are 4 times more likely to be arrested

  • Black people are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of white people

  • Doctors did not inform black patients as often as white ones about an important heart procedure

  • White legislators did not respond as frequently to constituents with black sounding names, in both political parties

  • If this isn't racism

  • What is?

  • Racism isn't over

Thousands of resumes were mailed to employers

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