Louisiana Survey: White and Black Louisianans view discrimination differently
White and Black Louisianians view discrimination and racial progress very differently, according to the fourth of five reports from the 2021 Louisiana Survey.
The latest installment of the survey from the Public Policy Research Lab at LSU’s Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs asks residents about the extent of racial discrimination in six different situations: In hiring, pay and promotions at work; in stores and restaurants; when applying for a loan or mortgage; in dealing with the police; when voting in elections; and when seeking medical treatment.
A majority of the state’s residents (55%) believe Black people are treated less fairly than white people in dealing with the police. However, in the remaining five situations, most do not believe Black people are treated less fairly.
Pro Bono Spotlight By
Emma Cueto | January 24, 2021, 8:02 PM EST As the U.S. Supreme Court once again weighs cases involving juvenile sentencing and nonunanimous jury verdicts, Milbank LLP, in conjunction with the Louisiana Center for Children s Rights, has been working on the intersection of both issues in the Pelican State.
The law firm, in a broader pro bono collaboration with LCCR, has been pushing for new sentences for defendants who were given life in prison without parole as juveniles, a sentence the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled is unconstitutional. Milbank and the center have also developed a legal approach to try to void the convictions of juvenile offenders by nonunanimous juries.