MEGABLACK SF SUBCOMMITTEES
ECONOMIC POWER
We must move away from the notion that if someone is unsuccessful, they didn’t try hard enough, and instead examine the multiple systems that have contributed to the policies and disadvantages for people of color.
Race Forward
EDUCATION EQUITY
At its core, westernized education was not designed to include Black students. Foremost, it is a system that does not allow students, regardless of race, to gain accurate knowledge of history, and the contributions that Black people have made.
Health and MENTAL WELLNESS
Due to historical and ongoing systemic and individual racial trauma, (originating in slavery, food apartheid, environmental racism, housing discrimination and racialized capitalism) our Black/African American communities are suffering deeply often with internalized messages of inferiority from media, relationships and the overlaying systems of white supremacy.
Racism is a public health crisis. Racism structures opportunity and assigns value based on how a person looks. The result: conditions that unfairly advantage some and unfairly disadvantage others. Racism hurts the health of our nation by preventing some people the opportunity to attain their highest level of health. While racism may be intentional or unintentional, it operates at various levels in society.