The New Yorker on Twitter: "The Kerner Report, from 1967, named white racism—no euphemisms—as the root cause of unrest in the United States. It called for sweeping changes and investments in jobs, housing, policing, and more. Then it was shelved. https://t.co/L6qLw5OpiW" / Twitter

The Kerner Report, from 1967, named white racism—no euphemisms—as the root cause of unrest in the United States. It called for sweeping changes and investments in jobs, housing, policing, and more. Then it was shelved.

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Jelani Cobb on the Kerner Report, an Unheeded Warning About the Consequences of Racism

More than half a century after the report was published, white America still struggles to acknowledge the Kerner Commission’s conclusion: racism is the root cause of inequality in the United States.

9:17 PM · Sep 20, 2021

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Then congress and the President papered over it and prosecuted Mr. Kerner, resulting in his cancer and death. Who wants to lead the next commission?

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I read the Kerner Report in high school. Probably the only kid in Illinois who did.

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What does it take to break down these barriers to equality. For years - just watch classic movies - it’s been said but very little progress. Even Kennedy & Johnson were afraid to take the proper steps. If only more were done earlier in schooling to undo racist parents influence

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