The 2020 Census undercount of Black, Hispanic and Indigenous citizens is another example of the virus of racism that infects every aspect of our lives.
Guess what? The undercount rates are substantially higher than the undercount in the 2010 Census. And guess what again? The white population had an overcount, once again. Does this matter? Indeed yes, because these inaccurate counts influence Congressional voting districts and the distribution of federal spending.
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From housing to education to jobs to police departments to the halls of Congress, the virus of racism is alive and well. Even to the extent of new Jim Crow laws that try to censure the teaching of factual American history if it disturbs white children. Dr. King would be hanging his head in America today.
Rev. Martin Deppe, Edgewater
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Marvin Neely, Calumet City
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