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 ||~ **D** || * Change has been minimal over the past thirty years. Graduation rates, test scores, college enrollment, educational attainment ||~ C || * The amounts of children in schools is significantly lower than Caucasian Americans. This includes both African Americans and Hispanic Americans. Average income, number below poverty level ||~ C || * Although both race's income is increasing, African American income is still significantly less than Caucasians.
 * **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**
 * There are more unemployed African Americans and Hispanic Americans than Caucasian.
 * Caucasians are shown in the statistics that they would work full time and with a salary, then other African and Hispanic Americans || * We should establish organizations that will help minorities gain equal pay rights in the workforce.
 * We could establish more unions for the ethnic minorities, that will allow them to keep there jobs in times of depressions. ||
 * **Education**
 * The amount of African American teens going to high school is about the same percentage as Caucasian Americans.
 * The percentage of Hispanic Americans dropping out of school is double the percentage a African Americans and Caucasians. || * We could offer more bilingual education to different ethnic groups.
 * We could offer more encouraging support to students who may have trouble at home, that might drop out.
 * We could (possibly) change the schooling schedule to fight and work with Religious/Ethnic decisions. ||
 * **Income and Poverty**
 * The amount of African Americans earning over $200,000 a year is very low. || * We could help the young African Americans in school, and onward that will allow them to obtain good, well paying jobs.
 * We could help high school, and even college graduates start off on a good foot, with a good job. ||
 * **Behavior** ||  ||   ||