While trying to avoid the trap of race essentialism and acknowledge the diversity of black experience, it feels like these metrics point in a direction that suggests disadvantage for black and latino people, while also showing improvement over time (e.g. life expectancy). Is it a mirage? Are there flames behind the smoke?
Its still garden variety 2D mostly, but here are some charts of various disparities among races:
1) Prison populations:
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/beyondthecount.html#demographics
This site has datasets available, and there is information state by state.
2) life expectancy gap between black and white Americans, but its improving, and it could be eliminated ~2035
https://spia.princeton.edu/news/life-expectancy-gap-between-black-and-white-americans-closes-nearly-50-30-years
3) racial wealth gap, along with home ownership
https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/disparities-in-wealth-by-race-and-ethnicity-in-the-2019-survey-of-consumer-finances-20200928.htm
While trying to avoid the trap of race essentialism and acknowledge the diversity of black experience, it feels like these metrics point in a direction that suggests disadvantage for black and latino people, while also showing improvement over time (e.g. life expectancy). Is it a mirage? Are there flames behind the smoke?