Policymakers
Keeping promises while keeping score: Gauging the impacts of policy proposals on racial equity
This report, part of a joint research project by Brookings Metro and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School, analyzes the impact of racial equity policies passed between 2020 and 2022.
Author: Xavier de Souza Briggs and Richard M. McGahey
Resource Type: Research Article
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Show MoreHow to make antiracist policy?
What does it mean to identify and undo racist policy? And, how do we assess and ensure that our current policies actively promote racial equity? This article the Policy Equity Assessment Tool, which helps policymakers and researchers answer questions about which policies most effectively increase equity and what improvements would make them stronger.
Author: Pamela Joshi, Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, and Nomi Sofer
Resource Type: Blog Post
10 minute read
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Toward Evidence-Based Antiracist Policymaking: Problems and Proposals for Better Racial Data Collection and Reporting
This report is based on the experiences of two teams of researchers that collected racial and ethnic data between March 2020 and August 2021: The COVID Racial Data Tracker (CRDT) and the Racial Data Tracker (RDT)... The CRDT and RDT teams’ experiences, described in this Report, demonstrate the current challenges of obtaining racial and ethnic data across different jurisdictions, levels of government, and policy areas, and offer critical insight as to how to reform racial and ethnic data collection and reporting practices in the U.S.
Resource Type: Data Collection and Report
Show MorePrinicples for Anti-Racist Policymaking
The principles outlined here are designed to guide policymakers and advocates in developing and implementing anti-racist policy. We know that the road to undo and redress entrenched systemic racism is long, but a critical step forward is to ensure all policy is anti-racist from its creation to its implementation.
Author: Elisa Minoff, et al.
Resource Type: Article
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