WHEREAS, Black People have been currently enslaved; and

WHEREAS, Black People have been unjustly segregated; and

WHEREAS, Black People have been unjustly incarcerated; and

WHEREAS, Black People have been denied housing through racist practices in the private realty market, including redlining, steering, blockbusting, denial or mortgages, and gentrification; and

WHEREAS, Black People have been denied housing, displaced and inadequately housed by government housing policies that include discriminatory VA/FHA practices, Urban Renewal, and a variety of local and federal "affordable' housing programs; and

WHEREAS, Black People have been consistently and widely impoverished by discriminatory wages paid in every sector of the local economy regardless of credentials and experience; and

WHEREAS, Black people have experienced disproportionate unemployment rates

WHEREAS, Black People have been systematically excluded from historic and present private economic development and community investments and, therefore, black-owned businesses have not received the benefits of these investments; and

WHEREAS, Black People have been segregated from mainstream education and within present day school programs that include AG, AP, and Honors; and

WHEREAS Black students have experienced the denial of education through admission, retention and graduation rates if every level of education ___ and through discriminatory practices; and

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