GRADE

B

• Civil Rights laws have been passed and enforced by the government
• 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

• 71.4% of white men had jobs while 66.7% of African Americans were employed in 2004.
• Unemployment for African Americans that are between the age of 16 and 24 has lowered.
• Many African Americans work at blue collar jobs.
• African American labor force has increased by about 6 million since 1980.

• Include more benefits for minorities at working places.
• Work facilities try to hire the same amount of African Americans as white people.
• Provide more education for more African Americans.

• For every age (3-34), Whites have more education than African Americans.
• African Americans have a higher enrollment rate than Whites in 2004.
• Almost as many Blacks graduate as Whites in 2004 for high school.
• African Americans are 10% below Whites in Graduates of college.
• Almost same amount of Whites have dropped out as Blacks in 2003.

• Create more schools where there aren't many, so that many kids can attend.
• Hire more teachers that will get involved with students more and help them.
• Have benefits for some children to have school purchase supplies.

• In 1980, the average income for all households is about 17,000, but in 2004 the average increased to 43,318.
• Whites have almost double the income as African Americans in 2003.
• In 2004, African Americans income is 3/4 of most Whites.

• Government offer financial aid to those in need.