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Wynter鈥檚 comments speak to a growing social class divide between the have and have nots among Black Americans and are the types of comments that oftentimes occur behind closed doors..."
Rashawn Ray
Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion InitiativeYou鈥檙e not the breadwinner, you鈥檙e not the provider, you鈥檙e probably not the protector in any kind of traditional sense. So what are you? In some ways, I think the conversation about..."
Richard V. Reeves
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative, President - American Institute for Boys and MenCarol Graham appeared on CNBC to explain why men, particularly aged 25-54, are slowly leaving the workforce.聽
Carol Graham
Senior Fellow - Economic StudiesFathers are dislocated because the cultural role of family provider has been hollowed out. The male malaise is not the result of a mass psychological breakdown, but of deep structural..."
Richard V. Reeves
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative, President - American Institute for Boys and Men鈥淪ome people believe that by attacking the authenticity of Vice President Harris鈥 Blackness, they can send a dog whistle that questions her Americanness and electability鈥
Rashawn Ray
Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion InitiativeRichard Reeves’ research on the declining mental health of young boys and men was cited by Ezra Klein in his op-ed “What Democrats Can Learn From Gretchen Whitmer.”
Richard V. Reeves
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative, President - American Institute for Boys and MenHarris鈥 identity as a Black and Asian woman鈥揳nd all that it has signified about the hopes of ending systemic racism in America鈥搘as a ‘real factor in [the 2020] election’…’72% of..."
Camille Busette
Vice President and Director - Governance Studies, Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion InitiativeWhat you find is that a lot of times what we ascribe to 鈥榬ace,鈥 is in fact, a byproduct of the fact that African Americans have a greater likelihood of being poor…
Howard Henderson
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative“Black people鈥檚 relegation to underemployment hurts the U.S. economy by weakening local communities.”
Rashawn Ray
Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion InitiativeDue to systemic oppression including a lack of educational opportunities and hiring and wage discrimination, Black men, in particular, are over-concentrated in the top 10 jobs expected..."
Rashawn Ray
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