Readers. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is john allen, president of the Brookings Institution and it is my sincere pleasure to welcome you to todays event celebrating andre perrys release of his new book know your price, valuing black lives, across brookingss roughly 104 year history brookings has taken powerful positions on issues of race, equality and civil rights. These issues stand at the top of brookings qualities and i have made this president ial priority, certainly for the institution. Brookings not only made an obligation to study these issues but it is also the responsibility of the organization as well, to examine the intersection of race and policy not just because we are an organization deeply committed to the public good but also because we are an organization based in washington dc, the nations capital. As much as washington is a city of politics it is also a city of great diversity, of the roughly 700,000 residents the call the city home, one need only wa
Right to end their own life. But with room left for interpretation, pressure mounts to implement doctorassisted death. The court made it very clear that physicianassisted dying would only be an option for individuals who are mentally competent and able to make a fully informed voluntary choice. Ifill and president obamas initiative to invest in young men of color prompts a question what about the girls . Black girls face the same indicators in terms of attendance to school, in terms of interest in school, in terms of reading levels, mathematical levels, its far more of a racial problem than it is a gender problem. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. At lincoln financial, we believe that you are the boss of your life. The chief life officer. In charge of providing for loved ones. Growing your nest egg. And protecting what
Right to end their own life. But with room left for interpretation, pressure mounts to implement doctorassisted death. The court made it very clear that physicianassisted dying would only be an option for individuals who are mentally competent and able to make a fully informed voluntary choice. Ifill and president obamas initiative to invest in young men of color prompts a question what about the girls . Black girls face the same indicators in terms of attendance to school, in terms of interest in school, in terms of reading levels, mathematical levels, its far more of a racial problem than it is a gender problem. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. At lincoln financial, we believe that you are the boss of your life. The chief life officer. In charge of providing for loved ones. Growing your nest egg. And protecting what
The origins of the critical race theory (CRT) can be traced as far back as the 1960s when the intellectual movement started emerging within a small group of people in the field of legal studies.
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