Next50 Catalyst Brief What Would It Take to Overcome the Damaging Effects of Structural Racism and Ensure a More Equitable Future?
Kilolo Kijakazi, Steven Brown, Donnie Charleston, Charmaine Runes
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This brief seeks to answer the question: What would it take to  overcome the damaging effects of structural racism and ensure a more equitable future?

The Urban Institute was founded 50 years ago by President Lyndon B. Johnson to provide “power through knowledge” to help solve the problems that weighed heavily on the nation’s hearts and minds. Today, we’re exploring promising solutions to advance equity and upward mobility and identifying what transformational leaders need to know to drive forward groundbreaking ideas. This brief is one of our eight-part Catalyst series, in which we share what it would take to advance bold solutions over the next 50 years.
Research and Evidence Justice and Safety Family and Financial Well-Being Tax and Income Supports Work, Education, and Labor Research to Action Race and Equity Upward Mobility
Expertise Upward Mobility and Inequality Families Wealth and Financial Well-Being Taxes and the Economy K-12 Education Labor Markets Victim Safety and Justice Community Safety Early Childhood
Tags Subsidized employment Asset and debts Economic well-being Racial and ethnic disparities School funding Racial segregation Policing and community safety Labor force Wealth inequality Mobility Schooling Inequality and mobility Racial and ethnic disparities in criminal justice Racial equity in education Racial inequities in economic mobility Financial stability Baby bonds and child savings accounts Children and youth