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TexasTowelie

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Mon Oct 30, 2017, 11:03 PM Oct 2017

Oregon falls short in achieving equity for children of color and immigrant children

Oregon’s future depends on the success of all of Oregon’s children. However, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s new report, “2017 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children,” shows that children of color and those living in immigrant families in Oregon face significant obstacles on the pathway to opportunity.

With Oregon’s history of racial exclusion and mistreatment of people of color magnified by the recent uptick in racially-motivated hate crimes, the Race for Results report sheds light on how the state’s inequitable past affects child well-being.

From Oregon’s founding as a white-only state to federal legislation in the past that limited access of communities of color to banking services, transportation and jobs, racially-biased decisions have limited the opportunities available to Oregon’s children today. Children of color and children living in immigrant families struggle to find the stability, economic resources and opportunities they need to thrive.

According to the report, children of color and children living in immigrant families are more likely to live in low-income households than their white counterparts living in U.S.-born families.

Read more: https://www.nrtoday.com/news/education/oregon-falls-short-in-achieving-equity-for-children-of-color/article_7a3b1bff-ada6-54e2-95d7-499f9301d520.html

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