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Racial Justice
Racial justice or racial equity is defined as the systematic fair treatment of people of all races, resulting in equitable opportunities and outcomes for all.
Source: NEA
- The lifetime likelihood of imprisonment among Black men born in 2001, although decreased, remains 4X that of their white counterparts.
- In 2025, Black and Latina women were incarcerated at higher rates than white women (1.6x and 1.2x respectively), though incarceration rates for white women are increasing.
Robey, J., Massoglia, M., & Light, M. (2023). A generational shift: Race and the declining lifetime risk of imprisonment. Demography. - “Black Americans remain less likely to receive addiction treatment and harm reduction services, and more likely to face arrest and incarceration for drug-related conduct than their white counterparts (despite similar usage rates).”
Fentanyl Myths & Misinformation — Fair and Just Prosecution, Nov. 2025 - In 2021, Black Americans were imprisoned at 5.0 times the rate of whites, while American Indians and Latinx people were imprisoned at 4.2 times and 2.4 times the white rate, respectively.
- Black youth are 5.6 times as likely to be incarcerated as white youth. In 2023–2025 data, 46% of youth in placement were Black.
Source: The Sentencing Project — Youth Justice
Source: The Sentencing Project — One in Five - Overall unemployment among all Americans was 4.4 percent at the end of 2025. Unemployment rates for Black workers was 7.5 percent compared to 3.8 percent among White workers.
Source: JBHE - For every $1 of wealth owned by a white household, Black own 23 cents and Latinx households own 19 cents.
- Pay discrepancies between women and men expanded enough to widen the gender wage gap for the first time since 2003.
- Women would need to work three additional months in a year to earn what men are paid.
Source: NWLC - Communities of color in the U.S. have pediatric asthma rates 7.5 times higher and premature mortality rates 1.3 times higher from these pollutants than predominantly white communities.
Source: GWU Public Health
Under the US constitution, all are created equal and have equal rights to include “…Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” While progress has been made, there is still more we can all do to relinquish the inequities that continue today. Racial injustice impacts all of us.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Light Money focuses on what we think are of the most common areas of concern for the public today based on what investors are telling us is important. These 6 causes are also personally near and dear to the team at Wayfinder Wealth Management.
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