1/8. You might have heard that it’s a bad idea to talk about (racial) inequality and/or equity-enhancing programs and policies. Over the past few years, both scholars and pundits have argued those messages undermine support for important policies. Well, that conclusion may be a bit premature. - ThreadSky

neillewisjr.bsky.social • 41 days ago

1/8. You might have heard that it’s a bad idea to talk about (racial) inequality and/or equity-enhancing programs and policies. Over the past few years, both scholars and pundits have argued those messages undermine support for important policies. Well, that conclusion may be a bit premature.

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9114scentralave.bsky.social•36 days ago

If fraud is about money and not race when it comes to Medicaid fraud explain this please👇

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/raleigh-ent-doctor-sentenced-25-years-prison-adulterating-surgical-devices-defrauding

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/fayetteville-cardiologist-agrees-pay-over-5-million-resolve-allegedly-false-medicare

9114scentralave.bsky.social•36 days ago

Http://medicaidlawnc.com/?s=race

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/raleigh-ent-doctor-sentenced-25-years-prison-adulterating-surgical-devices-defrauding

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/fayetteville-cardiologist-agrees-pay-over-5-million-resolve-allegedly-false-medicare

9114scentralave.bsky.social•36 days ago

Here is inequality:

Black Medicaid providers, particularly in the Eastern District of NC & nationwide,are facing disproportionately high criminal charges & incarceration rather than civil penalties unlike to white providers & other ethnicities even when others commit more egregious fraud. 👇

9114scentralave.bsky.social•41 days ago

Http://medicaidlawnc.com/?s=race

kjrosz.bsky.social•36 days ago

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randallhughes.bsky.social•41 days ago

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paix120.bsky.social•41 days ago

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yvonnezlam.bsky.social•41 days ago

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neillewisjr.bsky.social•41 days ago

2/8. At @commhsp.bsky.social, we’ve been testing this in experiments that oversample the largest U.S. racial, ethnic, and political groups. Our newest paper—which examines these processes in the context of the Child Tax Credit expansion—was just published. https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/1/pgae588/7942411?login=false

nharper.bsky.social•41 days ago

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neillewisjr.bsky.social•41 days ago

3/8. Some important background: CTC expansion had both universal benefits (it reduced childhood poverty across racial groups), and racial-equity benefits (because of long standing racial inequality in the U.S., it had particularly large impacts among Black and Hispanic children).

pmanzo.bsky.social•41 days ago

(The kind of sweet spot I recall William Julius Wilson highlighting)

neillewisjr.bsky.social•41 days ago

4/8. Because of that, a practical question one might ask is: which of those do you talk about if you want to build support and advocacy for such policies? We found that both can be beneficial. The universal approach increased policy support across racial groups.

neillewisjr.bsky.social•41 days ago

5/8. The *targeted universal* approach (emphasizing racial equity benefits) also increased support *and* advocacy intentions among Black and Hispanic respondents. It did NOT reduce policy support or advocacy intentions among White respondents or Republicans (as many people fear).

leftinfighter.bsky.social•36 days ago

This is true but our leaders regard what Fox News and Republican think tanks and online comments to be reflective of all Republicans and white people, and so preemptively censor themselves from talking about racial justice out of fear.

neillewisjr.bsky.social•41 days ago

6/8. This is not the only domain in which we have been studying these dynamics—we are seeing similar patterns in other domains and topics as well (and hope to share some of those additional papers soon). To me, these studies suggest that we should not necessarily shy away from talking about…

philrabbat.bsky.social•41 days ago

This bit is interesting: my first reaction was that people might be more ok with interventions that benefit kids they see as more blameless and worthy of help than adults. (Of course I'm not endorsing this view.) The studies on other topics will hopefully disprove this.

neillewisjr.bsky.social•41 days ago

7/8. the reality of the unequal world that we live in, or about the effects of efforts to change that reality. We can have meaningful conversations (what my folks call “real talk”) about the practical issues in our society and do so in ways that motivate broader coalitions to address them.

colincarlson.bsky.social•41 days ago

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