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Southerner The 2022 annual Survey of the South from E Pluribus Unum (EPU) reveals a growing openness by Southerners on issues such as reparations for African Americans and accurate education on slavery and racism in schools.
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- The 2022 annual Survey of the South from E Pluribus Unum (EPU) reveals a growing openness by Southerners on issues such as reparations for African Americans and accurate education on slavery and racism in schools.
- The survey finds that 74% of Southerners believe that the United States should offer African Americans some form of reparations (preservation of Black sacred sites and monuments, educational grants and/or scholarships, investments in predominately Black infrastructure, etc.)
- to address the lasting harm caused by slavery and other forms of racial discrimination.
- In fact, this year’s data highlights a significant sentiment shift in terms of Southerners’ willingness to support reparations.
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Democrat When respondents were asked about preserving the legacy of the Confederacy, the partisan and religious divides are deeper.
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- When respondents were asked about preserving the legacy of the Confederacy, the partisan and religious divides are deeper.
- A slim majority of Americans (51%) support preserving Confederate history through public memorials and statues.
- Religion also plays a role in support for preserving the Confederate legacy, with white Christian groups more likely to express support than non-Christian religious Americans, Jewish Americans, or the religiously unaffiliated.
- Those supportive of keeping Confederate monuments or preserving the legacy of the Confederacy are also likely to deny the existence of structural racism.
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NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, E Pluribus Unum (EPU) announced the 11 state legislators chosen as 2021 UNUM Fellows.
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- NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, E Pluribus Unum (EPU) announced the 11 state legislators chosen as 2021 UNUM Fellows.
- Our communities, states, and America herself thrives when united and the UNUM Fellows are a part of making us better."
- The 2021 E Pluribus Unum Fellows are:
Visit www.unumfund.org/fellows to learn more about E Pluribus Unum's UNUM Fellows.
- E Pluribus Unum (EPU) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to build a more just, equitable, and inclusive South, uprooting the barriers that have long divided the region by race and class.
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Online shopping The recent survey finds major divides by race on a range of issues, including attitudes on Critical Race Theory, COVID-19, the causes of poverty, whether systemic racism exists, voting rights, police reform and more.
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- The recent survey finds major divides by race on a range of issues, including attitudes on Critical Race Theory, COVID-19, the causes of poverty, whether systemic racism exists, voting rights, police reform and more.
- This is the fifth survey in a deep-dive series by EPU focused on the American South, the first of which was released in 2019.
- New survey reveals warning signs of a growing divide and renewed complacency on racial attitudes.
- Attitudes on Race: Strong majorities of all races agreed that "it's important to discuss issues of race with other people" versus shying away from it.
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NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- E Pluribus Unum (EPU), founded in 2018 by former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, released the application for the 2021 cohort of UNUM Fellows for state legislators from across the South.
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- NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- E Pluribus Unum (EPU), founded in 2018 by former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, released the application for the 2021 cohort of UNUM Fellows for state legislators from across the South.
- The organization's signatureleadershipinitiative equips Fellows with resources, training, and technical expertise to advance racial and economic equity in their communities.
- "State legislators have the power to shape our lives and the UNUM Fellows program encourages breaking downbarriersthat divided us by race and class," said EPU Founder and President Mitch Landrieu.
- UNUM Fellows continue EPU's mission to increase dialogue and advance racial and economic equity in the South.
"On the positive side, there is clear support for major police reforms that can keep communities safe, hold police accountable, and address the systemic racism in policing.
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- "On the positive side, there is clear support for major police reforms that can keep communities safe, hold police accountable, and address the systemic racism in policing.
- Depending on the issue, there are many instances particularly on questions related to systemic racism where Latino Southerners' views are closer to white Southerners than Black Southerners.
- Perceptions of the police change significantly among Black adults when respondents are asked their favorability toward "police in the United States."
- Favorability drops to 40 percent among Black Southerners and has modest shifts among Latino Southerners (64 percent favorable) and white Southerners (75 percent favorable).
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With the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, economic uncertainty and the nation's racial reckoning, the podcast brings together conversations with advocates, historians and experts to help us better understand what systemic racism looks like in America today.
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- With the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, economic uncertainty and the nation's racial reckoning, the podcast brings together conversations with advocates, historians and experts to help us better understand what systemic racism looks like in America today.
- "Race courses through every facet of our lives, yet too few people--particularly white people--truly understand the scale of racism in America, including our history and how racism still permeates today's institutions.
- Americans cannot continue to hide their heads in the sand about the country's past or the structural racism that remains today.
- Our goal is to provide another opportunity for listeners to learn about the way systemic racism plays out in our lives.
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A second survey with a focus on the coronavirus pandemic was released in June 2020.
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- A second survey with a focus on the coronavirus pandemic was released in June 2020.
- "From policy priorities to views on police reform and systemic racism, Black, white and Latino residents hold very different perspectives that shape the challenges facing the United States.
- While the June 2020 survey found major shifts among white Southerners on issues related to systemic racism in the wake of the pandemic's disparate impacts and the murder of George Floyd, this survey finds that some attitudes have reverted to previously held views.
- Even though large racial gaps remain regarding the causes for living in poverty, there has been a striking movement among white Southerners' views since our initial survey 12 months ago.
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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Mitch Landrieu's E Pluribus Unum (EPU) announced its inaugural class of UNUM Fellows.
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- NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Mitch Landrieu's E Pluribus Unum (EPU) announced its inaugural class of UNUM Fellows.
- "Not long ago, I was in a very similar position as our fellows.
- Through this opportunity, fellows will gain or expand upon their understanding of how to address racial and economic equity within communities.
- The inaugural UNUM Fellows are:
Byron GipsonSolicitor of the Fifth Circuit, Richland and Kershaw Counties, SC
Dorothy L. HeffronSchool Board Member and Vice Chair, Chesterfield County School Board, VA
Shayla NealyCity Councilmember (Mayor Pro Tem), Union City, GA
Brian E. RowlandCity Councilmember (Mayor Pro Tempore), Prairie View, TX
Bettina UmsteadSchool Board Member and Board Chair, Durham Public Schools Board of Education, Durham, NC
Virgil Watkins, Jr.County Commissioner, Macon-Bibb County Board of Commission, Macon-Bibb County, GA
To learn more about UNUM Fellows, visit www.unumfund.org/fellows .
