Least-educated blacks show the steepest drop in civic participation

Evidence

We see the greatest decline in civic participation in black institutions among African Americans with the lowest education levels. People who live in opportunity deserts are less likely to attend church or join some other civic group. They are institutionally rudderless, lacking the “free spaces” to imagine their lives differently. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 352

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Poor black communities see civic and institutional life eroded by isolation and neglect — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 351; Black institutions that once sustained black communities are now declining — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 346; Civic engagement vulnerable to free riding declines fastest — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 128 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Poor black communities see civic and institutional life eroded by isolation and neglect — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 351; Black institutions that once sustained black communities are now declining — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 346; Civic engagement vulnerable to free riding declines fastest — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 128 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Black institutions function as free spaces for civic education and self-respect. #complicates (0.80) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 347