Black Pennsylvanians have made strides in income, health care, and education over the last decade, but there is still room for improvement, according to a report titled “The State of Black Pennsylvania.”
Released this week by Pennsylvania Democrat state Sen. Art Haywood, the report covers the period from 2010 to 2021 (pdf). It does not compare Pennsylvania’s black and white populations but focuses solely on changes for the state’s black population.
“I was talking to my wife about these, what she called ‘surprisingly positive’ features of the report,” Haywood said in a Tuesday press conference. “Surprisingly positive, because most of what we hear about in the media is the victim story for African Americans.”…