Night and day: racial disparities in police arrests across Black and Latine communities in Travis County
Night and day: racial disparities in police arrests across Black and Latine communities in Travis County
Esmeralda J. Rubalcava Hernandez Bethany M. Wood Christian E. Vazquez a School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USAb Center to Advance Community Health, Department of Family Medicine, The University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, Colorado, USAc Patient and Community Engaged Research Center, Baylor Scott and White Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, USAEsmeralda J. Rubalcava Hernandez (she/her/ella) is a Chicana bilingual/bicultural community organizer, social worker, and Ph.D. candidate at UT Arlington. She focuses on anti-colonial racial studies at the intersection of policing and immigration systems and anti-oppressive social work pedagogy.Bethany M. Wood (she/her/hers) is a poverty researcher, at both the individual and neighborhood level, as a social determinant of mental health. Her research is grounded in Ecosocial theory and other anti-oppressive frameworks.Christian E. Vazquez’s research is grounded in his practice experience as a social worker for a county social services agency and as a hospital administrator. His work aims to reduce health disparities, particularly among Latino/a populations, both at the community and population level.