Overall educational attainment levels in the population over time provide an indicator of the success of different population subgroups. ... The life of crime becomes the only way out, and from the statistics of incarcerated black males, it shows that a lot of them think the same way. ... White Flight is one reason why we as Americans could never be equal. ... Purposively, blacks make up 13% of the population, and only 1% of the population spends their money on black owned corporations. ... What is this American dream we so determinedly struggle to attain? ...

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Prison Literature in America. ... The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975. ... In the last two decades the population of black male inmates grew three times as fast as the number of black men enrolled in higher education. ... In a country less than 13 percent blacks, one half of the prison population is African American. ... Goods and services must be provided to keep imprisoned populations alive. ...

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New York City has seen progress in decreasing its overall incarceration rate and population rate in correctional facilities. ... The female prison population in the United States is over 110,000. Although the population for women prisoners is significantly lower than for males the same disproportionate numbers exist. ... However, imbalanced statistics show that Blacks are five times more likely to get incarcerated as juveniles than their White peers. The high incarceration rate of African-Americans has a detrimental effect on the black community. ...

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The startling statistics behind the death penalty and death row inmates is a large factor in their argument. ... It will not only focus on the statistics amongst the races but also will discuss the average age, social status, and educational achievement of the people sentenced to die, the difference in the crimes that got them sentenced, and the small amount of women who have been faced with this court decision. ... According to www.coadp.org, an African American is four times more likely to be sentenced to die than a white man. ... The race of the defendants executed since 1973, the race of...

• Word Count: 1200
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The white population was vastly outnumbered by the blacks, but the whites were able to keep control of the countries' economy and politics. In 1978, South African blacks made up about eighty percent of the nation's population but only owned thirteen percent of the land and contained a share of under twenty percent of the national income. ... Board of Education supreme court ruling in 1957 which forced desegregation of American schools, there was much controversy over the extent that blacks should be allowed into white-American culture. ... The white Americans had alway...

• Word Count: 1377
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The total population of African American females was 6,581,000 and out of the total they focus on about 300,000 females, this was the approximation of how many females had 9 years or less education. ... This rate is 13.75% of the sum of all suicide rates for African-American females aged 25-54 (Fernquist 1996). ... Race specific suicide data was provided to the authors by the National Center for Health Statistics. ... The largest being the size of the black male population (Burr et al 1999). ... It only focused on race and suicide rates, finding that Hispanics complete suicide more frequentl...

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• Grade Level: High School

Even whites are forced to admit that statistics indicate that the Black community is disproportionately affected by the American legal system. ... The decision as to what kind of conduct by African-Americans ought to be punished is better made by African- Americans themselves."1 The means by which Butler proposes for Blacks to implement these decisions is termed jury nullification. ... Although several commentators have voiced criticisms with the ideas of Professor Butler, most of these criticisms focus on what is best for the American legal system, what legal precedents dictate, or as is most...

• Word Count: 3584
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I used to hear some of my black friends talk about "how hard it is to be a black man in America." ... Kinloch, coined Missouri's first black city, was eventually comprised and controlled entirely by African-Americans (Wright). ... Racial isolation is often defined by a 90/10 rule representing that a block's population is made up of ninety percent like-raced residents and ten percent of another race. Thirty percent of black Americans live in all-black neighborhoods (Gillmor). ... Whether we like it or not we are a divided people, and yet we have the nerve to call ourselves the "Un...

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• Grade Level: High School

Instead of treating minorities like equals, it treats them like they are better than other members of the population and puts white males in a disadvantage like the minorities once were. ... A 1995 report released by the university said that "9.7 percent of all applicants were African-Americans. ... The average grade point average for an accepted African-American student was 3.66 with an SAT score of 1030." These statistics demonstrate the reverse discrimination against white college applicants due to affirmative action. ... In 1860, only 15% of American women were in the paid labor force. ...

• Word Count: 2152
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate