Race-sensitive Policies through Targeted Universalism
1. Race-sensitive Policies through Targeted Universalism john a. powell Director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Williams Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, Moritz College of Law America’s Future Now! Conference June 3, 2009 Washington D.C.
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4. If people in red receive job training through the universal program, Group B would seem to benefit more than Group A (more people in red) Key: Red = job training Boxes = isolated neighborhood (not addressed by universal program) UNIVERSAL PROGRAM Group B Group A
5. Although the universal program affected everyone in red, Group B is still constrained by living in isolated neighborhoods (the boxes). Key: Red = job training Boxes = isolated neighborhood UNIVERSAL PROGRAM Group A Group B
31. African Americans are underrepresented relative to their presence in the U.S. population (13%). Hispanics/Latinos, also at 13% of the U.S. population, are overrepresented.
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