Racial Equity Report 2021
Racial Equity Report
VSARN students were talking about how there are so many racial disparities in Vermont, but we never learn about them. We decided to take matters into our own hands by creating a report that goes over different inequities in our state. We held a press conference to release the 20 page report, and are disseminating it to students to increase education in Vermont.
Medical research groups are 80-90% white
Black Vermonters are 6x more likely to be imprisoned than White Vermonters
50% of high school students in Vermont believe they are negatively impacted by Vermont's lack of diversity
Black Vermonters are 3.5x more likely to be stopped and searched by police than White Vermonters
150 Black Vermonters enlisted to fight in the Civil War
There is discrimination in 56% of transactions to rent houses in Vermont