To learn more about the issues we discuss, see the following list of resources:
Websites
http://www.ffiec.gov/hmda/
http://furmancenter.org/
Reports
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2011/07/26/wealth-gaps-rise-to-record-highs-between-whites-blacks-hispanics/
Stories
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/355/the-giant-pool-of-money
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meltdown/
Although public commentary describes the United States as "post-racial", racism continues to exert a very real and pervasive influence on institutional policies and processes, interpersonal interactions, neighborhood infrastructure, socioeconomic opportunities, media imagery, and more. RISE is a project designed to illuminate some of the ways in which racism operates in this country.
