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Previous administrations havent made race scholarship such a clear priority.
By Lananh Nguyen and Jennifer Epstein
November 15, 2020, 7:30 AM EST
When it comes to economic policy, President-elect Joe Biden is putting racial disparities high on the agenda as he assembles his administration.
The incoming president tapped Mehrsa Baradaran, whose book The Color of Money is a key reference on the racial wealth gap, to prepare the Treasury Department for the transition. Shes joined by Lisa Cook, an economist at Michigan State University, on the landing team for the Federal Reserve and banking and securities regulators. They are among more than 500 experts who will focus on race as they shape Bidens policies on issues like housing, health and small-business lending. Baradaran declined to comment, and Cook referred questions to the Biden team.
Observers say theyve never seen expertise about race figure so prominently in economic roles.
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Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are emphasizing diversity as they prepare to assume power next year. Women comprise more than 50% of the new administrations landing teams, according to the transition team, and more than 40% of advisers are from groups that are historically underrepresented in the federal government, like racial minorities, people with disabilities and those who identify as LGBTQ.
Having these individuals who are representative of their community in the actual room where they can voice their perspective and have their perspective actually translate to policy it matters more than you think, Opoku-Agyeman said. Next, she said, she will watch to see whether progressive-leaning advisers can drive policy change.
More: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-15/biden-fills-economic-posts-with-experts-on-systemic-racism
This is good news.
Mme. Defarge
(8,012 posts)sheshe2
(83,654 posts)crickets
(25,952 posts)Indykatie
(3,695 posts)sheshe2
(83,654 posts)Vivienne235729
(3,377 posts)pandr32
(11,553 posts)Awwwww...I love the sound of Republicans gasping with horror. 😁
brer cat
(24,523 posts)I applaud the Biden/Harris administration for getting people on board who understand the problems and what solutions we can work toward.
sheshe2
(83,654 posts)Their voice needs to be heard and Joe and Kamala will see that it does.
What a great team.
Filling his administration with subject matter experts. He did the same with his public health and national security groups. He seems to be largely avoiding appointing politicians as well. Pretty big improvement.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)sheshe2
(83,654 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)And I trust Stacy Abrams is making sure GA Dems are fired up about this!
sheshe2
(83,654 posts)She has got this.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)iluvtennis
(19,833 posts)mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,045 posts)and appealing to rural areas is fruitless. But Democrats need to come up with a bold economic policy - a theoretical school, really - to collapse supply-side and monetarism. We can't just tinker around the edges of economics, not with the systemic problems of inequality and racism and geographic imbalance we endure.
whopis01
(3,491 posts)I'm pretty sure all the people Trump put into power were systemic racism experts...
Experts at fostering and exploiting systemic racism that is.
(joking aside - this is a really good move by Biden)