woman whose mission it is to
find forever homes for him and
others in foster care.
>> From KPRC. 2. This is Houston
KPRC. 2. This is Houston
newsmakers with khambrel
Marshall.
>> Every year for the past 40
years. The Houston area survey
is taking the pulse of the community about all things of
community about all things of
importance in the eyes of those
being surveyed in Harris County
in recent years. A survey has
taken place as a part of the
great work of the kinder
Institute for urban research in this
year’s survey after year of the
pandemic takes on a higher
level of importance every year.
The survey asked what issues
are more important survey
respondents could only choose
one. 25% on surprisingly say
that public health of the
biggest problem facing
Houstonian. That’s the biggest
one in 10 to 5 next. The economy at
10 to 5 next. The economy at
20% up from 13% last year, 40%
cited crime is the biggest
problem and perhaps not so big
a surprise after you win, fewer people were out on the roads
people were out on the roads
during a pandemic traffic
dropped from 30% down to 13%.
Doctor Steve Klineberg started
the survey 40 years ago.
More recently it was embraced
by the candor Institute for
urban research, which he
co-founded in this year’s
survey conducted along with
Robert bozak, senior fellow at
the kinder Institute. Good
morning, doctor. Clive are good to talk to you again after year
to talk to you again after year
pandemic living you did this
survey in January. You
started this. What would result
in this year’s survey were
expected and which ones were a
big surprise.
>> But we just mentioned, I
think was expected
1970 this has been the last the
last interviews he did for the
trend. Twenty-twenty survey was
on March 12 from March
16th 2020, the pandemic in
Houston zoo’s for the year and
the lockdown and.
>> the oil and oil prices
collapsing and done terrible
diseases and and totally
different kind of world.
And so we’ve been asking
people, you know, some of the
same questions over that over
the years and watching.
The effects of the pandemic has
had in terms
across the board, stress No difference between angles and
difference between angles and
African Americans. Latinos and
then good. The exaggeration,
the underlining, the terrible
inequalities in Houston,
African Americans and
Latinos are facing from the
best form his own racing
forward serious problems.
Those and then the most
vulnerable have suffered the
most in Houston and that’s been
very important part of the
story of this last year and the
critical challenge Trump was
really talk about that and they
are we what are your graphics
talked about the inequality
and of blacks and 45% of
Hispanics.
>> Surveyed said they didn’t
have $400. Emergency expense
money. I found that amazing.
Many of those same people said
they have problems paying for
housing this past year. What
would you expect local leaders
to do with that kind of
knowledge. Once they haven’t.
>> Many of them are American
citizens are living on the edge
and how critical the
african-american and Latino
because that’s going to be our
future. And the story of
America and especially in
Houston is the aging
of ngos and the young people
everybody under the age of 20
in all of Harris County.
51% in 19 moves in 19% are
African Americans just 21% and
some 70% of every all of us
under the age of 20 or African
American Latino. The 2 homes.
For
devastatingly. That’s right.
And this pandemic and then on
the edge with enormous
challenges.
Future Houston depends on are
going to make sure that
african-american Latino young
people are prepared to do
the jobs. The 21st century now
that the collar jobs
disappeared in education has
become the critical the German prisoner really there enough
prisoner really there enough
money to support
a family. The new global
I was going to ask you this
question. Later. But since you
touched upon that about how big of a problem, how big of a
of a problem, how big of a
Hispanics and blacks are in
Harris County.
>> And outside of Harris
County. It’s a whole different
world, a different kind of
world. I at least as you go
North of Montgomery County, not
so much that so the in Fort
bend County, how soon will we
be that stretching out and
doing more. I know you’ve done
surveys in those areas in the past. It just feels like it’s
past. It just feels like it’s
time to do something else
again. Doesn’t.
>> Yes, it does well when the
ratings and the Robert Moses
joining us and good news and
some may be able to start
planning a much broader surveys have 3 or 4 surveys during the
have 3 or 4 surveys during the
year rather than just that.
The big
number one surveys year and a
chance to go back to look at
this remarkable multicenter
metropolitan region that is her
in 9 counties in Harris County,
Harris County. Plus got be
forgotten. All
the others that may be that
it’s spread over an area of
10,000 square miles. So it’s
almost as large as the entire
state of Massachusetts is that
helping was the blob that ate
East Texas has been if you and
your
point that then for Fort bend
County’s most ethnically
diverse County. You think on
the entire planet Fort bend County. Today’s 20%
County. Today’s 20%
african-american 21% Asian.
24% Latino. 33% of you can come and then you have a county that
and then you have a county that
still 75% and wonderful mix of
what all
Americans becoming.
>> And we talk about that in
the do the mixture there.
But also your survey dealt with
race relations in some point in
the EU that some interesting
results, the killing of George
Floyd and protested about the
wrapped it around the country
in the world created a sense
of awareness, not minorities
about the challenges faced
by minorities. Your survey
asked people about their
thoughts, about the criminal
justice system
and minorities with more people
now starting to think that the
system is actually biased is
not.
>> Yes, fascinating and ngos
and
19 ’02, I guess, understandably
to resist and the recognition
of the unique qualities under
that particular play in the
african-american community.
They put the first time hadn’t
seen if it can increase in the
percent saying. >> The criminal justice system
>> The criminal justice system
is biased against French.
What about the year with
attitudes about undocumented
immigrants this survey
was taken between January 18th
in March 29th. So
it was some of the current
crisis at the border was
involved with in this survey.
I’m guessing what was the
attitude you recorded from
among people immigration and
undocumented immigrants looking
to just us morning
and goes.
>> Just to give them watching
over the years. Kind of an
increasing immigration and
diversity increasing represented. So the question
represented. So the question
asking about about the dream
act. The years went from 83%.
this year saying in favor of
the path of musicians who food
for the children of illegal
He’s speaking mission have
income workers and and then growing despite the last 45
growing despite the last 45
years we’ve been sort of anti
immigrant rhetoric. We are
addressing this diversity and
what’s striking him and then
goes isn’t a single was problem
predictor of comfort with
diversity and support from
the nation is not gender.
It’s not education.
Its age younger and will take
for granted this diversity and
we older and those are still
struggling to come back to the
agenda with assault and one
thing in up in the 60’s 70’s
was a
different world and growing
up in the 1990’s. But it hasn’t been noses so they can sense
been noses so they can sense
what I’m familiar with feels
natural women from you with his
arm and then to see you got
this as incident coming coming
to embrace what is the story
of Houston me are the most
ethnically diverse major city
in the country. You know, we’re
all of American be in about
25 years. We’ve got more to
talk about. I know you’re going
to be kind enough to stick
around to talk with me. More on
my newsmakers extra. We’re