In Seattle, less than 25 percent of Black and Native Americans own their own homes, compared to more than 50 percent of Whites. Blacks own just 1.5 percent of firms with employees. Within our criminal system, Black residents make up seven percent of King County’s population yet they account for 36 percent of the King County Jail population. When adding the devastating impact of COVID-19, we see that the already existing health, housing, education, and wealth disparities have severely deepened.
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