problems in the minority communities
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It doesnt matter how long ago it happened...the fact is, slavery is responsible for the current state of racial inequalities in our country. Why is it that every black neighborhood in this country has a much higher crime and poverty rate than any white neighborhood? (thats a generalization, I know, but you get my point) You need to stop thinking in terms of time...the amount of time its been since slavery ended is irrelevent. What is relevent is the problems in our society we have today because of it. The idea that a lot of people have is that our society's current level of racial acceptance has made it so all races in this country have equal opportunity for everything. Not true. Think about this...if racism of all forms were to completely vanish this instant, we would still have the same problems of crime and poverty in black communities because of the effects of this country's racist history.
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In my part of Ghana, to be a king is very tough... You need a degree in college just to be in the running. My cousin who is a king graduated from Yale, my great grand father who was a king graduated from Oxford, my other cousin went to UCLA. You really have to be brilliant to be a king....Some parts of Ghana it is not that tough, you can inherit it....
I know the Northern Region has a white king. He was given the throne because the people liked him, they were in need of a king and they thought that he could be a good leader....
In my part of Ghana, to be a king is very tough... You need a degree in college just to be in the running. My cousin who is a king graduated from Yale, my great grand father who was a king graduated from Oxford, my other cousin went to UCLA. You really have to be brilliant to be a king....Some parts of Ghana it is not that tough, you can inherit it....
I know the Northern Region has a white king. He was given the throne because the people liked him, they were in need of a king and they thought that he could be a good leader....
Another ill effect from past discrimination, racism and attempted genocide is the Native Americans. The problems the Native Americans face is much like the African Americans. The problems are very volitle because of the reservation system. 25% of the Nativer Americans live on the reservations and 15% live near them. So 40% of the population "is dramatically segregated, not just by neighborhood but by territory. Many of these reservations don't have electricity, plumbing, adequate housing and proper transpertation. "67 percent lived in houses without running water, 48 percent lived in houses without toilets, and 32 percent had no means of transportation. Basically they live in third world conditions. Plus the land in which they live on is land in which natural the Natives can hardly make enough money to live off. 36% of the Native American population lives below the poverty line.
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In comparison to the (1998) African Americans living in poverty its 26% and for white people it is 10.5%.
Get this number though..in the 60's 55.1% of African Americans lived in poverty compared to only 9.9%
Some other numbers for education in 1998 76% of African Americans graduated highschool and 87% whites graduated. In the 60's 20% of African Americans graduated compater to 43% of Whites.
In 1998 9.6% of the African American population was unemployed compared to only 4% of the white population.
A 1991 NORC pll found that the majority(57 percent) of white person believe that blacks have worse jobs, income, and housing than whites because they aren't motivated to better themselves.
Fact: A 1992 Gallup poss of 511 blacks found that while 25 percent that the only way to improve their condition was to pressure governemtn and adress their needs, 67% believed that blacks should try harder to solve their own community's problems, and to better themselves and their families.
Source: American Ethnicty; The Dynamics and Consequences of Discrimination.
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In comparison to the (1998) African Americans living in poverty its 26% and for white people it is 10.5%.
Get this number though..in the 60's 55.1% of African Americans lived in poverty compared to only 9.9%
Some other numbers for education in 1998 76% of African Americans graduated highschool and 87% whites graduated. In the 60's 20% of African Americans graduated compater to 43% of Whites.
In 1998 9.6% of the African American population was unemployed compared to only 4% of the white population.
A 1991 NORC pll found that the majority(57 percent) of white person believe that blacks have worse jobs, income, and housing than whites because they aren't motivated to better themselves.
Fact: A 1992 Gallup poss of 511 blacks found that while 25 percent that the only way to improve their condition was to pressure governemtn and adress their needs, 67% believed that blacks should try harder to solve their own community's problems, and to better themselves and their families.
Source: American Ethnicty; The Dynamics and Consequences of Discrimination.
