Precious Black Suns

In America, many Black citizens feel powerless.
 

• Our newborns die at higher rates.

• Doctors minimize our pain.

• Our political will is silenced by gerrymandering.

• We are incarcerated at higher levels.

• Gentrification pushes us out of our neighborhoods.

• Our prison sentences are longer for lesser crimes.

• We are purged from voting rolls at higher rates.

• Our local schools are underfunded.

• We perform the same work for less pay.

• Our loan applications to buy homes, fund college educations, or fuel entrepreneurial pursuits are denied at higher rates.

• Police assault or murder us with impunity.

• We lack access to affordable health care, clean water, and nourishing food.

• Our interest rates are high, while our appraisal rates are low.

• We are overpoliced in our daily lives.

• Our children are punished more often, at earlier ages, with greater severity.
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Over the years, much has been said about these and other inequities we experience as Black Americans. Much has been written, too. But, now's the time to actually do something to remediate these inequities.

The institutions that knowingly or unknowingly discriminate against us — the hospitals, schools, and banks; insurance, credit, and real estate industries; and voting, health, and justice systems — are guided by laws. And in many cases, the general outline of their regulations was first influenced by a policy brief. The data, research, evidence, and solutions presented in these communications are read by legislators and sometimes even transformed into laws.

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Understanding this, our mission is simple: To sound the alarm about America's pervasive inequities and institutional racism — through targeted communications — so that the legislators who read them are compelled to enact fair laws and end the discriminatory ones. 

As content creators, we believe that the written word is our superpower; that policy communications are our conduit; and that racial justice is within our reach.     

 

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