Racial & Economic Justice
The discriminatory history of our country makes racial and economic injustice inextricably linked. Disparities in wealth, income, access to resources, and other economic opportunities remain based on race and ethnicity, preventing us from attaining racial justice.
The discriminatory history of our country makes racial and economic injustice inextricably linked. Explicit racial restrictions have prevented people of color from accumulating wealth for centuries, and those racial and economic inequities continue to reinforce each other in ways both overt and subtle.
Disparities in wealth, income, access to resources, and other economic opportunities remain based on race and ethnicity, preventing us from attaining racial justice. Covert and overt discrimination, structural inequality, and implicit biases combine to create unacceptable racial gaps in the criminal legal system, housing, employment, education, health care access, and every other realm of civic life.
The ACLU-NJ confronts these deep sources of inequality with advocacy to ensure that opportunity is not allocated according to race or income, and so that all people have equal access to government resources.
The Latest
ACLU-NJ and Partners File Brief in Support of Rep. LaMonica McIver
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ACLU-NJ Calls for FY27 State Budget that Prioritizes Equity and Justice
ACLU-NJ Files Amicus Brief in Latino Action Network v. State of New Jersey
Cases, Campaigns & Legislation
Latino Action Network v. State of New Jersey
El Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas (CATA) v Platkin
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