Racial Impact Statements

From the article: More states are trying to assess the racial impact of new laws, as the consciousness of many legislators has been raised by the murder of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement and the pandemic’s disproportionate effect on minorities. In many states, lawmakers…

Racial impact statements are a tool for lawmakers to evaluate potential disparities of proposed legislation prior to adoption and implementation. Analogous to fiscal impact statements, they assist legislators in detecting unforeseen policy ramifications.  ractically speaking, it is…

From the authors: Racial impact statements explicitly consider a policy's impact on communities of color.  The process we propose for creating a racial impact statement engages community stakeholders to put officials on formal notice that the community has documented the disproportionate…