Agenda

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Agenda

• First 30 minutes Race and public policy
• A Snapshot of Racial and Ethnic Differences in
  the U.S. Today
• Last 20 minutes
• group meetings
• hand back essays

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Race in U.S. Today A Snapshot

• Demographics
• Public Office Lack of Descriptive
  Representation
• Education Disparities
• Economic Disparities
• Criminal Justice Disparities

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Demographics (make up of population)

• White 75.1
• Black 12.3
• American Indian and Native Am 0.9
• Asian 3.6
• Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.1
• Other race 5.5
• Two or More Races 2.4

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Population by Ethnicity and Sex

• Hispanic 12.5 (of any race)
• White alone 69.1
• Male 49.1
• Female 50.9

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Percentage who Voted(Presidential election 1996)

• Total 54.2
• White 56
• Black 50.6
• Hispanic 26.7
• Men 52.8
• Women 55.5

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African Americans in Public Office

• No African American Senators
• 39 African American Congressional Reps
• 1 African American Governor

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Education Fall Enrollment in Institutions of
Higher Education

• 72 White
• 25 Minority
• 10 Black Non-Hispanic
• 8 Hispanic

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Unemployment (1998)

• Black Unemployment is at least twice the rate for
  whites even when the economy is at unprecented
  strength
• Total 4.5
• Men 4.4
• Women 4.6
• Whites 3.9
• Blacks 8.9

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Median Weekly Earnings of FT and Salary Workers

• White Men 100 595
• White Women 75 444
• Black Men 73 432
• Black Women 63 375
• Hispanic Men 62 371
• Hispanic Women 53 318

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Chance of Going to Prison During Lifetime

• Birth
• All Persons 5.1
• White Men 4.4
• Black Men 28.5
• Age 25
• All Persons 3.1
• White Men 3.0
• Black Men 17.3

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