Christians Seeking Justice (CSJ) is excited to sponsor a special four part series entitled Understanding and Remediating Structural Racism. The series will be led by Ayo Magwood (Uprooting Inequity), a highly-regarded public speaker specializing in evidence-based, politically-neutral, and solution-oriented education on historical and structural racism. Learn how racism evolved in the U.S.; how structural racism persists even after the Civil Rights movement; and how we can work to end it and help build a more racially just society.

Register for the entire series here.
 Please keep in mind that the series builds cumulative knowledge. In particular, session 2 is a prerequisite for session 3. If you are unavailable for session 2, please watch the recording before session 3.

Session 2 (June 22). Structural Racism: Historical Roots and Enduring Impacts.

What are the historical roots of structural racism? Why didn’t civil rights legislation end structural racism? What is structural racism? First, I provide data on contemporary racial disparities and segregation. Next, I demonstrate how structural racism is rooted in the persistent legacies of the accumulated gains of historical discrimination: residential segregation and the racial wealth gap. I focus primarily on the G.I. Bill, redlining, FHA- and VA-backed mortgages, and exclusionary zoning. Finally, I demonstrate how contemporary structural racism is rooted in these legacies.