African Americans are Americans with total or partial African ancestry, especially of Black African descent.
- African Americans in MN - 370,000 (Census)
- Economic challenges – Access to capital; low homeownership rates; far smaller tax base compared to other communities in Minnesota.
- Educational disparities – Among all US states, Minnesota has the largest educational gap between US European American and African American students (Covid 19 both exposed and exacerbated that problem). The number of African American educators in the classroom is drastically out of proportion to the number of African American students.
- Health issues:
- Systemic racism based trauma
- Hypertension
- Diabetes & obesity
