Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
11-2003
Abstract
In cooperation with the Human Relations Foundation of Chicago (HRF), CURL and the Jane Addams Hull House examined inequalities among racial and ethnic groups in Chicago. Drawing from a broad range of existing data sources, researchers documented areas of reduced inequality as well as other areas of persistent inequality.
Minding the Gap: An Assessment of Racial Disparity in Metropolitan Chicago examines seven quality of life measurements: income, wealth and employment, education, housing, transportation, health, the lives of children and the criminal justice system. This report, by examining these seven systems, not just one, creates a unique context for understanding both the complexity of these individual systems and the relationships between these systems.
The goal of this effort is not only to educate the public about these gaps, but also to serve as a catalyst for public and social policy discussion throughout the region by initiating a community engagement process. The report was featured in a Sun-Times Editorial.
Recommended Citation
Center for Urban Research and Learning and The Human Relations Foundation/Jane Addams Policy Initiative, "Minding the Gap: An Assessment of Racial Disparity in Metropolitan Chicago" (2003). Center for Urban Research and Learning: Publications and Other Works. 16.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/curl_pubs/16
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Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2003 Center for Urban Research and Learning at Loyola University Chicago
Executive Summary
MGpress_release (1).pdf (50 kB)
Press Release
mgsun_times.pdf (251 kB)
Sun Times Article
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