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Discrimination in America
African American Experiences

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DISCRIMINATION IN AMERICA: African American Experiences
Presented in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and NPR

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

How do African Americans experience discrimination in daily life? A new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health illuminates reports from African Americans who share their personal experiences with discrimination. With unprecedented documentation, the poll covers a range of areas — from police interaction, to job applications, to health care, to racial slurs. This Forum explored the poll results and their implications for a healthier, more equitable, and just society.

This poll is the first among a series of reports that surveyed additional groups, including Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, men, women, and LGBTQ adults, on their experiences with discrimination.

 

Part of: Policy Controversies.

Presented in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and NPR

Background Articles

  • Poll: Discrimination in America: Experiences and Views of African Americans
    NPR/RWJF/HORP
  • Resource Collection: Discrimination and Health
    Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University
  • Poll: Most Americans Think Their Own Group Faces Discrimination
    NPR

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Moderator

Joe Neel
Deputy Senior Supervising Editor and a Correspondent on the Science Desk, NPR

Expert Participants

Robert Blendon
Richard L. Menschel Professor of Public Health and Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis, Emeritus

Dwayne Proctor
Senior Adviser to the President and Director, Achieving Health Equity Portfolio, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

David Williams
Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Elizabeth Hinton
Assistant Professor, Departments of History and of African American Studies, Harvard University, and Author, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America

Mary Lee
Deputy Director, PolicyLink

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