Dream+Report+Card

// Has MLK's "dream" been realized? //

It's been over 40 years since Martin Luther King Jr. explained his dream to 250,000 Americans in Washington D.C. and millions more watching and listening at home. Has America become the land of equality that King spoke of in his famous speech? Are all Americans judged by the content of the character, and not by the color of their skin? One way to begin to answer this question is to examine some recent statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. Your task is to analyze the statistics on the topics below, keeping in mind MLK's "dream". You will be filling out a report card on American society, based on statistics from the US Census Bureau. In each of the four major categories, you and your partner will assign a letter grade to American society, provide statistical information to back up your letter grade, and then make comments and suggestions for improvement. You will also need to develop a comment concerning the "behavior" of society toward minorities. This report card will appear in your Unit 8 Online ISN.
 * [|**General Statistics**] ||  [|**Voting and Government**]  ||  [|**Labor**]  ||  [|**Education**]  ||  [|**Income**]  ||



 * Some recent articles MLK would be interested to read ... **
 * [|Poll: Most Americans see lingering racism -- in others - CNN.com]
 * [|The "State of the Dream"] - A yearly report from the Racial Wealth Divide Project
 * [|Affirmative Action Special Report] from the Washington Post
 * [|Affirmative Action] from civilrights.org
 * Cut and paste the table below for your notebook**

**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 || B || -Hispanics are dominating in employment with 12.9 % of population employed. -Black people have 10.7 % employed. -4.8 % of whites are unemployed while 10.4% of black people are unemployed -Hispanics are in the middle around 7 % unemployed. -Again Hispanics have a larger ownership rate than Black people. || -Hispanics have many more employed than African American people, but that also can be because they have a greater population. -I think that it would be wise to help the African Americans when it comes to unemployment. || Graduation rates, test scores, college enrollment, educational attainment || A- || -White enrollment is much higher than that of Black or Hispanic -Hispanic is higher 11,679 and Blacks are about 10,971 for enrollment -More Hispanics and Blacks dropped out of high school -Around 3 % of whites dropped out, 4.5% of Blacks and around 7% of Hispanics. -High school graduates are about equal for Hispanics and Blacks but for Whites its a much larger number. || -I think there should be some programs or some help of some kind to encourage kids to get on the right track and finish high school - || Average income, number below poverty level || B || -poverty of children in Hispanics is around 30%, 33 % of Blacks have children in poverty, whites are in about 14% -Black and Hispanic Income are about equal, but White has much more with greater income. || -There are lots of kids in poverty, not good. -Income is ok, I think that there could be some equalization. || none //Optional:// a note about this edit for the page history log
 * **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 education in the Hispanic community, possibly with bilingual voting ballots ||
 * **Employment**
 * **Education**
 * **Income and Poverty**
 * **Behavior** || B || It was all above average, but some things were definitely lacking, employment was the best, but everything else passed without surprise. ||  ||

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