/tags/racial-equality Racial Equality en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:44:15 GMT /austin/2024-03-26/black-austin-inequality-police-health-income Even though Black people make up 7.5% of Austin’s population, they accounted for 15% of all traffic stops and 25% of arrests in 2018. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:44:15 GMT /austin/2024-03-26/black-austin-inequality-police-health-income Nick Erichson /austin/2022-09-01/the-black-fund-grants-austin The Black Fund, a collaboration between the city and the Austin Community Foundation, will invest more than $1 million in Black organizations over the next three years. Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:09:54 GMT /austin/2022-09-01/the-black-fund-grants-austin Haya Panjwani /austin/2021-03-04/city-council-apologizes-for-austins-systemic-racism-vows-to-invest-in-a-black-embassy The community-spurred resolution will put a dollar amount on how systemic racism and city policies led to wealth, health and equity gaps, as well as establish an "embassy" for Black Austinites. Thu, 04 Mar 2021 19:50:29 GMT /austin/2021-03-04/city-council-apologizes-for-austins-systemic-racism-vows-to-invest-in-a-black-embassy Andrew Weber /covid-19/2021-02-24/for-black-families-evictions-are-still-at-a-crisis-point-despite-moratorium "Black individuals make up about 21% of all renters, but they make up 35% of all defendants on eviction cases," says Peter Hepburn, a researcher for Princeton University's Eviction Lab. Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:04:57 GMT /covid-19/2021-02-24/for-black-families-evictions-are-still-at-a-crisis-point-despite-moratorium Pam Fessler /life-arts/2018-04-04/rise-and-nfl-super-bowl-town-hall On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents highlights of Rise and NFL 3rd annual Super Bowl Town Hall featuring NFL� Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:22:42 GMT /life-arts/2018-04-04/rise-and-nfl-super-bowl-town-hall John L. Hanson Jr.