How Public Policy Impacts Racial Inequality (Media and Public Affairs)

By: Josh Grimm and Jaime Loke and Robert Mann and Shaun Gabbidon and Jackelyn Hwang and Elizabeth Roberto and Jacob Rugh and Srivi Ramasubramian and Holley Wilkin and Mary Campbell and Sylvia Emmanuel and Lori L. Martin and Ismail White and Chryl Laird and Ernest B. McGowen III and Jared Clemons

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Synopsis: How Public Policy Impacts Racial Inequality, edited by Josh Grimm and Jaime Loke, brings together scholars of political science, sociology, and mass communication to provide an in-depth analysis of race in the United States through the lens of public policy. This vital collection outlines how issues such as profiling, wealth inequality, and housing segregation relate to race and policy decisions at both the local and national levels. Each chapter explores the inherent conflict between policy enactment, perception, and enforcement. Contributors examine topics ranging from the American justice system’s role in magnifying racial and ethnic disparities to the controversial immigration policies enacted by the Trump administration, along with pointed discussions of how the racial bias of public policy decisions historically impacts emerging concerns such as media access, health equity, and asset poverty. By presenting nuanced case studies of key topics, How Public Policy Impacts Racial Inequality offers a timely and wide-ranging collection on major social and political issues unfolding in twenty-first-century America.