Economic Policy
The Minnesota Star Tribune Quoted Joint Center President on Aftermath of George Floyd Murder
May 20, 2025
The Minnesota Star Tribune released an article on the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder and the companies within Minnesota stepping down their public-facing DEI efforts. The article quoted Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on the lack of data on the improvements in Black Minnesotans’ socioeconomic status since 2020.
From the article: “‘I think this is one of the most frustrating things about shutting down the DEI programs, is we’re not even clear what impact it had,’ said Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.”
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