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While Donald Trump likes to present himself as the greatest president for Black Americans, he has in fact been extremely harmful to Black people. Here are 10 ways Black Americans are losing under the Trump.
HUD has turned its back on fighting discrimination in housing and racial segregation. HUD’s new rule “eliminates any meaningful implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s duty to affirmatively further fair housing” (LDF). Segregation devalues Black homes. https://www.brookings.edu/events/homeownership-while-black-examining-the-devaluation-of-assets-in-black-neighborhoods/
The Trump administration has not stopped trying to destroy the Affordable Care Act & it is beginning to succeed. The ACA has provided “historic reductions in racial disparities in access to health care” but that progress has stalled or eroded since 2016. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2020/jan/how-ACA-narrowed-racial-ethnic-disparities-access
African Americans are more likely to be enrolled in for-profit colleges, and Betsy DeVos’ Department of Education has rescinded the rule to protect Black students from being ripped off by these colleges. https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/politics/betsy-devos-for-profit-college-rule/index.html
The Trump administration would like to make cuts to Social Security. Social Security “has reduced the economic disparities between African American and white families” ( @urbaninstitute). Disability benefits are also particularly important to Black people. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/12/18260271/trump-medicaid-social-security-medicare-budget-cuts
The Trump tax cuts “supercharge[d] an already massive racial wealth divide.” “More than 40% of all tax cuts from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act go to the White households in the top 5% of earners (with incomes of $243,000 or more)”. https://prosperitynow.org/resources/race-wealth-and-taxes
The USDA is taking away SNAP food assistance from 140K African Americans ( @urbaninstitute). This rule will cut many children of color off from receiving automatic free lunch. Hungry school children have more behavioral, emotional, and academic challenges. https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-requests-congressional-oversight-on-changes-to-supplemental-nutritional-assistance-program-snap
We have gone for the longest period in history without an increase to the federal minimum wage. An increase in the minimum wage would increase the pay of over 2 million Black workers. https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2018/pdf/home.pdf
This administration has opposed affirmative action. “Race-conscious admissions are vital to advancing racial equity and inclusion in higher education" and SCOTUS has reaffirmed this repeatedly. https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/students-fair-admissions-v-president-fellows-harvard-college
The EPA has concluded that African Americans have the highest exposure to air pollution, but this administration has rolled back environmental regulations. High exposure to air pollution contributes to premature death among African Americans. https://www.propublica.org/article/welcome-to-cancer-alley-where-toxic-air-is-about-to-get-worse
The Trump administration has halted efforts end racial bias in school discipline. These policies disproportionately push Black students out of the classroom and into the juvenile justice system. https://tminstituteldf.org/publications/our-girls-our-future-investing-in-opportunity-and-reducing-reliance-on-the-criminal-justice-system-in-baltimore
