Our Research

Equal Economic Access

Removing race-based barriers in public policy and workforce that have the outcome of limiting people of color is not a matter of social justice or morality, it is an economic necessity. We recognize that public policy has played a pivotal role in both creating and dismantling the structural and institutional barriers that have disproportionally and negatively impacted African American and other racially marginalized groups in America. 

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Similarly, a workforce that is well-trained, ambitious, and free of demoralizing social hindrances expands opportunities for our most marginalized populations, expands their career options – and the options of employers. Structural and institutional racialized barriers don’t just hurt individual racial groups;  they hurt our local, regional, and national economy, generating losses on our economic and material productivity.

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ABC's ongoing research serves to identify, analyze, and review patterns and systemic issues in need of racial equity remedies. 

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