OPINION: Two years ago, Massachusetts passed the most ambitious data equity law in the country, but there’s been little progress in getting the policy in place, with residents continuing to suffer the consequences, write Jaya Savita of the Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network and Danielle Kim of the Asian Community Fund.
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These provisions require all state agencies that already collect race and ethnicity information to further disaggregate it by every major Asian, Pacific Islander, Black and African American, Latino, and white or Caucasian subgroup. This is vitally important given the growing diversity of Massachusetts residents and the persistence of significant disparities, both among different racial categories and within communities themselves.
For example, consider educational outcomes among Black residents. Nearly half of Nigerian residents in Greater Boston hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 15 percent of Black Haitians and 10 percent of Cape Verdean residents. Among Latino residents, approximately two-thirds of Guatemalan and Salvadoran workers in Massachusetts are limited English proficient—compared to fewer than 20 percent of Puerto Rican residents, contributing to major disparities in employment and economic outcomes.
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