Dream+Report+Card


 * Has Martin Luther King Jr.'s "dream" been realized?**

Civil Rights laws, affirmative action laws, representation in state and federal government, voting statistics || =B= || * Civil Rights laws have been passed and enforced by the government Number of employed / unemployed, types of jobs, business ownership || =C+= || * 71.4% of all white men had jobs while 66.7% of African Americans were employed in 2004. Graduation rates, test scores, college enrollment, educational attainment || =B-= || * In 2003, the overall whites that were receiving an education from ages 3-34 was 55,218,000, while the overall African Americans receiving an education from ages 3-34 was 10,971,000. Average income, number below poverty level || =A= || * In 1980, the average income for all house holds is about $17,000 but in 2004 the average increased to $43,318
 * **TOPIC** || ==GRADE== || **RATIONALE WITH STATISTICS** || **COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS** ||
 * **Legislation and Politics**
 * While the number of African Americans and Hispanics in the government is not near the percentage of population, the numbers are increasing every year
 * We have an African American president
 * African Americans vote at nearly the same rate as the average population, but Hispanics are much lower (average around 60% registering, African American 58%, Hispanic 28%) || * Encourage minorities to continue to become active in politics, possibly through schools
 * Push for voter registration drives and voter eductaion in the Hispanic community, possibly with bilingual voting ballots ||
 * **Employment**
 * From 1980 to approximately 2012 about 36.8 million more whites will be working, while only 8.9 million more African Americans will have jobs.
 * Unemployment for African Americans that are between the age of 16 and 24 has lowered.
 * The average salary for all workers has increased from about $576 to $638. || * Although the work force for African Americans is increasing, white people still are gaining a higher salary, and control most of the work force
 * The amount of whites with jobs compared to the amount of African Americans with jobs shows that white people have a much larger percent of the work in the united states.
 * I think that work places should start to higher more African Americans, because even though more are being hired and treated equally there still is visible segregation. ||
 * **Education**
 * Blacks had a higher enrollment rate than whites in 2004
 * Almost as many Blacks graduate from high school as whites
 * Blacks are 10% below whites in the number of graduates of college
 * Almost same amount of whites have dropped out as Blacks in 2003 || * Blacks are receiving more education and are no longer in segregated schools, but they still get much less education then whites though
 * I think that teachers and the school board should focus on keeping kids in school and getting kids into school, so there is higher amounts of education for every race. ||
 * **Income and Poverty**
 * The average income for blacks has increased dramatically since 1980
 * Hispanic income is at about $40,000 when in 1980 it was about $13,500 ||  ||
 * **Behavior** ||  ||   ||   ||